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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne V. Sorin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Myoung Soo Lee, Chonju, KR;
In-Kag Hwang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Byoung Yoon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novera Optics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
An optic apparatus includes an optical fiber with a cladding surrounding a core and a core-mode blocker included in at least a portion of an interactive region of the optical fiber. A mode coupler is coupled to the optical fiber and couples a first mode to a different spatial mode in a forward direction of the optical fiber.