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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Blazephotonics Limited, Bath, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
Abstract
A photonic crystal fiber including a plurality of longitudinal holes ( ), in which at least some of the holes have a different cross-sectional area in a first region ( ) of the fiber, that region having been heat-treated after fabrication of the fiber, from their cross-sectional area in a second region of the fiber ( ), wherein the optical properties of the fiber in the heat-treated region ( ) are altered by virtue of the change in cross-sectional area of holes ( ) in that region ( ).