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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Spi Lasers Uk Limited, Southampton, Hampshire, GB;
Inventor:
Iain Botheroyd, Rugby, GB;
Assignee:
SPI Lasers UK Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/14 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2856 (2013.01); G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 6/2552 (2013.01); G02B 6/2835 (2013.01); H01S 3/094007 (2013.01); H01S 3/094053 (2013.01); H01S 3/094069 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for combining optical radiation, wherein the apparatus comprises a bundle of input optical fibers formed of glass, a taper, and an output optical fiber, wherein the taper is fused to the output optical fiber; and the apparatus comprises at least one cladding mode stripper to strip out higher order modes that would otherwise degrade a polymer coating on at least one of the input optical fibers and the output optical fiber.