G02B 6/023
Having different index layers arranged around the core for guiding light by
Official title: {having different index layers arranged around the core for guiding light by reflection, i.e. 1D crystal, e.g. omniguide}
G02B6/023 (Having different index layers arranged around the core for guiding light by) appears on 186 US grants and 245 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hollow-core optical fibers22 Sep 2026US 12,742,925 B2Corning Incorporated
- Hollow core fiber with passivation protected ends9 Jun 2026US 12,650,555 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Organically modified chalcogenide polymer preforms and fibers19 May 2026US 12,631,817 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Hollow-core optical fibers and methods for producing the same21 Apr 2026US 12,607,800 B2Corning Incorporated
- Terminated hollow-core fiber with suspended fiber-end23 Dec 2025US 12,504,583 B2Coherent Scotland Limited
- Architecture for electromagnetic waveguide17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276881 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- A method and apparatus for collecting, transporting and distributing energy27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254407 A1ATOA Scientific Technologies Pvt. Ltd
- Lc connector for hollow-core optical fibers23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110846 A1Samba Photonics Lab Inc.
- Hollow-core fiber and optical transmission system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063834 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Hollow-core optical fibers, fiber optic cable assemblies with same, and methods of making same5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036738 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- All-dielectric coaxial waveguide with annular sections292US 6,573,813 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003
- Article comprising a micro-structured optical fiber, and method of making such fiber283US 5,802,236 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1998
- Electromagnetic mode conversion in photonic crystal multimode waveguides264US 6,728,439 B2OmniGuide Communications · 2004
- Electromagnetic mode conversion in photonic crystal multimode waveguides248US 6,563,981 B2OmniGuide Communications · 2003
- Thermal sensing fiber devices242US 7,567,740 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2009