Fiber management cartridge
AssigneenLIGHT, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Andrew Luetjen, Nicolas Trent Meacham, Shaun Cody Hampton, Rodney Mark Stephens
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Abstract
Some embodiments may include a fiber management cartridge, comprising: a plurality of sheets of material arranged in a stack, each sheet including: a first section to fasten to a surface; and a second section to make movement relative to the surface when the first section is fastened to the surface, the second section to hold one or more loops of one or more optical fibers, respectively, of a fiber laser. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers to optically couple to an optical fiber medium of a fiber laser, each of the optical fibers including a segment arranged in a loop;
- and
- a fiber management cartridge including a plurality of sheets of material arranged in a stack, each sheet having a first section and a second section, the first sections of the sheets to fasten to a surface and the second sections to make movement relative to the surface when the first sections are fastened to the surface;
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- wherein one or more of the loops of one or more first optical fibers, respectively, of the plurality of optical fibers is affixed to a first side of the second section of a first sheet of the plurality of sheets, and one or more of the loops of one or more second different optical fibers, respectively;
- of the plurality of optical fibers is affixed to a first side of the second section of a second different sheet of the plurality of sheets.
A fiber management cartridge, comprising:
- a plurality of sheets of material arranged in a stack, each sheet including:
- a first section to fasten to a surface;
- and
- a second section to make movement relative to the surface when the first section is fastened to the surface, the second section to hold one or more loops of one or more optical fibers, respectively, of a fiber laser.
A compact, serviceable fiber laser, comprising:
- at least one active optical fiber to generate laser light;
- a plurality of passive optical fibers optically coupled to the at least one active optical fiber, each of the passive optical fibers including a section arranged in a loop;
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- a fiber management cartridge including a plurality of sheets of material arranged in a stack, each sheet comprising:
- a first section mounted to a surface of the fiber laser;
- and
- a second section to make movement relative to the surface of the fiber laser when the first section is mounted to the surface of the fiber laser;
- wherein the loops of the plurality of passive optical fibers are mounted to the second sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.