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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Alfred Reed, Summit, NJ (US);
Mark J Schnitzer, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/02 ; G02B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/02 ; G02B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A GRIN fiber lens has a silica-glass core whose refractive index has a radial profile. The profile has a radial second derivative whose average magnitude in the core is less than about 1.7×10 microns times the value of the refractive index on the axis of the GRIN fiber lens.