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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Timothy Adam Birks, Bath, GB;
Jonathan Cave Knight, Wellow, GB;
Philip St. John Russell, Bath, GB;
Brian Joseph Mangan, Bath, GB;
Timothy Adam Birks, Bath, GB;
Jonathan Cave Knight, Wellow, GB;
Philip St. John Russell, Bath, GB;
Brian Joseph Mangan, Bath, GB;
Crystal Fibre A/S, Birkerod, DK;
Abstract
A method of joining a first optical fiber () to a second optical fiber () comprises the steps of: (i) providing a preform element () comprising material defining a primary elongate cavity (); (ii) inserting the first optical fiber () into the primary cavity () to form a preform (); and (iii) drawing the second optical fiber () from the preform (); wherein, the second optical fiber () includes a core region comprising material that has been drawn from the first optical fiber ().