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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth S Feder, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Paul S Westbrook, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02128 (2013.01); G02B 6/02104 (2013.01); G02B 6/02152 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for mitigating lensing and scattering as an optical fiber is being inscribed with a grating. The disclosed systems and methods mitigate the lensing phenomenon by surrounding an optical fiber with a liquid index-matching material that is held in a vessel. The disclosed systems also include a replenishment mechanism that replenishes the liquid index-matching material as the optical fiber is pulled through the vessel.