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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Lumentum Operations Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kai-Chung Hou, San Jose, CA (US);
Dahv Kliner, Portland, OR (US);
Martin H. Muendel, Oakland, CA (US);
Jeremy Weston, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lumentum Operations LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/14 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02066 (2013.01); B29D 11/00663 (2013.01); G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 6/2852 (2013.01); H01S 3/06733 (2013.01); H01S 3/094007 (2013.01); G02B 6/264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cladding stripper includes a plurality of transversal notches or grooves in the outer surface of an exposed inner cladding of a double clad optical fiber. Position and orientation of the notches can be selected to even out cladding light release along the cladding light stripper, enabling more even temperature distributions due to released cladding light. The notches on the optical fiber can be made with a laser ablation system.