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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Soren Grinderslev, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Randy Marshall Manning, Lemoyne, PA (US);
James David Kevern, Wellsville, PA (US);
Soren Grinderslev, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Randy Marshall Manning, Lemoyne, PA (US);
James David Kevern, Wellsville, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of coupling a high-power optical signal between an optical fiber and a mating optical component, the optical signal ranging in wavelength from x to y, and having a first diameter while propagating in a mode field within the fiber, the method comprising: (a) converting the high-power optical signal between the first diameter in the fiber and a second diameter significantly greater than the first diameter using a GRIN lens fused to an end of the fiber, the GRIN lens having a diameter substantially the same as that of the optical fiber and a length l complying with the following equation:¼½≦¼+½