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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicants:
Igor Vladimir Khudyakov, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael P. Purvis, Hickory, NC (US);
Bob J. Overton, Lenior, NC (US);
Inventors:
Igor Vladimir Khudyakov, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael P. Purvis, Hickory, NC (US);
Bob J. Overton, Lenior, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/10 (2006.01); G02B 6/16 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method efficiently focuses laser light to a target fiber to rapidly and evenly cure a coating on the fiber and to increase a draw rate for the fiber. The laser light is expanded and refocused to a strip of light having a diameter that is a multiple of the fiber diameter. The strip of light is applied to one side of the fiber and a reflection of the strip of light is focused to a second side of the fiber to provide uniform radiation of the fiber.