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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2010
Jason Edward Langseth, Malden, MA (US);
Jason Edward Langseth, Malden, MA (US);
Textron Systems Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A tapered fiber bundle device couples optical power from an optical power source into an output fiber. The tapered fiber bundle device includes a tapered fiber bundle including a set of bundled fibers having a near end and a distal end. The near end of the tapered fiber bundle is configured to collect the optical power from the optical power source. Each fiber k in the set of bundled fibers has a first cross-sectional area Aat the near end and a second cross-sectional area Aat the distal end such that Ais substantially smaller than A. Each fiber also has a substantially uniform core and a substantially uniform numerical aperture value NA. A cross-sectional area of the set of bundled fibers at the distal end has a cross-sectional area value Asubstantially equal to A.