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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Yizheng Zhu, Durham, NC (US);
Anbo Wang, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Yizheng Zhu, Durham, NC (US);
Anbo Wang, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of coupling a silica fiber and a sapphire fiber includes providing a silica fiber having a doped core and a cladding layer, with the doped core having a prescribed diameter, providing a sapphire fiber having a diameter less than the doped core, placing an end of the sapphire fiber in close proximity to an end of the silica fiber, applying a heat source to the end of silica fiber and introducing the end of sapphire fiber into the heated doped core of the silica fiber to produce a coupling between the silica and sapphire fibers.