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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Venkata A. Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
John Himmelreich, Horseheads, NY (US);
Nagaraja Shashidhar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Inventors:
Venkata A. Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
John Himmelreich, Horseheads, NY (US);
Nagaraja Shashidhar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fiber lens includes a graded-index lens, a single-mode fiber disposed at a first end of the graded-index lens, and a refractive lens having a hyperbolic or near-hyperbolic shape disposed at a second end of the graded-index lens to focus a beam from the single-mode fiber to a diffraction-limited spot.