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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2013
Gooch and Housego Plc, Ilminster, Somerset, GB;
Norman Edward Fisher, Torquay, GB;
Adrian Mark Norman, Plymouth, GB;
Gooch and Housego PLC, Somerset, GB;
Abstract
An optical fiber device includes a first optical element for transmitting light. An output fiber includes an output fiber core having a light receiving end optically aligned to receive light from the first optical element, and includes at least a first outer cladding on a clad portion. The output fiber includes a mode stripper adhesive with a first adhesive composition and a structural adhesive with a second adhesive composition thereon. The mode stripper adhesive is positioned closer to the first optical element than the structural adhesive to strip a majority of power of cladding guided mode(s) light before reaching the structural adhesive. The mode stripper adhesive has a lower hardness as compared to the structural adhesive, and is substantially indexed matched to an outermost layer of the output fiber that it is in direct contact with.