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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Xiaoguang Sun, West Hartford, CT (US);
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an optical fiber assembly comprising a launching fiber having a receiving end and a transmitting end; an illuminating fiber having a receiving end and a transmitting end; where the receiving end of the launching fiber is operative to receive light from a light source and the transmitting end of the launching fiber is operative to transmit light to the receiving end of the illuminating fiber; where the launching fiber contacts the illuminating fiber in a manner so as to be offset from a center of a cross-sectional area of the illuminating fiber; and where the launching fiber has a diameter that is ⅛ to ½ of a diameter of the illuminating fiber; and a lens that is operative to contact the transmitting end of the illuminating fiber.