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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Michiko Takushima, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/06783 (2013.01); G02B 6/02042 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/2934 (2013.01); G02B 6/3831 (2013.01); H01S 3/06737 (2013.01); H01S 3/06791 (2013.01); H01S 3/1608 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical component includes a multicore optical fiber and an I/O optical fiber. The multicore optical fiber has longitudinally extending cores within a common cladding. The cores are arranged on a circumference of a circle centered at a fiber axis in an end face of the multicore optical fiber. Both end faces of the multicore optical fiber are connected to each other such that the cores of the multicore optical fiber are optically connected to each other. Both end faces of the multicore optical fiber are adapted to rotate relative to each other about the fiber axis.