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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
Andreas Matiss, Berlin, DE;
Eric Stephan Ten Have, Berlin, DE;
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
Andreas Matiss, Berlin, DE;
Eric Stephan ten Have, Berlin, DE;
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A multi-core optical fiber () comprises a plurality of optical cores () to respectively transmit light and a plurality of cleaves () extending from a surface () of the multi-core optical fiber () into the multi-core optical fiber. A first cleave () comprises a surface () to couple light out of the optical fiber, wherein a first optical core () ends at the surface () of the first cleave (). An at least one second cleave () comprises a surface () to couple light out of the optical fiber, wherein at least one second optical core () ends at the surface () of the at least one second cleave (). The first and the at least one second cleave () are staggered along the longitudinal axis () of the multi-core optical fiber ().