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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Peter M. W. Skovgaard, Birkerod, DK;
Jacob Rijs Folkenberg, Kokkedal, DK;
Guillaume Vienne, Copenhagen V, DK;
Peter M. W. Skovgaard, Birkerod, DK;
Jacob Rijs Folkenberg, Kokkedal, DK;
Guillaume Vienne, Copenhagen V, DK;
Crystal Fibre A/S, Birkerod, DK;
Abstract
An optical fiber having an axial direction and a cross section perpendicular to said axial direction, said optical fiber comprising: a first light guiding fiber portion () having a cladding region with a plurality of spaced apart cladding voids extending longitudinally in the fiber axial direction and a core region bounded by said cladding region, and a solid light transparent fiber portion () having a first end facing the first light guiding fiber portion and a second end forming an end face of the optical fiber, said solid light transparent fiber portion providing a hermetic sealing () of the cladding voids of the first light guiding fiber portion; a method of its production, and its use, such as an optical fiber connector and an article comprising a microstructured optical fiber with hermetically sealed end face.