Optical Fiber
AssigneeHarting Elektro-optische Bauteile GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHans Kragl, Michael Loddoch
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Abstract
Described is a polymer optical fiber including a section having a circular cross-section and a section having a non-circular cross-section. Also described are optical components containing such an optical fiber, as well as a method of fabricating such an optical fiber.
Claims2
A polymer optical fiber including a section having a circular cross-section and a section having a non-circular cross-section, wherein said non-circular cross-section is a semicircular annular cross-section.
A splitter having one input fiber and two output fibers, said input fiber having a circular cross-section and said two output fibers each having a semicircular annular cross-section, the inner diameter of said two semicircular annular cross-sections equaling the outer diameter of said circular cross-section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.