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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sean Anderson, Macungie, PA (US);
Weizhuo Li, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Vipulkumar Patel, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/124 (2006.01); G02B 6/132 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G02B 3/0087 (2013.01); G02B 6/124 (2013.01); G02B 6/1245 (2013.01); G02B 6/132 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/4206 (2013.01); G02B 2006/121 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12095 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12176 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12178 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12195 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical coupling may involve orienting a waveguide and a lens such that light rays are focused on a surface. The lens may involve the use of a material having a variable refractive index to focus rays of light along first axis and a curved surface to focus the rays of light along a second axis.