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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
David A. Rockwell, Culver City, CA (US);
James Randolph Mulroy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Vladimir V. Shkunov, San Pedro, CA (US);
David A. Rockwell, Culver City, CA (US);
James Randolph Mulroy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Vladimir V. Shkunov, San Pedro, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, an optical fiber includes a core having a relatively large area selected so as to raise a threshold of stimulated Raman scattering or stimulated Brillouin scattering, or both, the core having a high aspect ratio elongated cross-section and having a first refractive index. The core is narrower in a fast-axis direction and wider in a slow-axis direction, such that the fiber is mechanically flexible in the fast-axis direction and is mechanically rigid in the slow-axis direction.