Optical fibers, devices and methods for making same
AssigneeKVH Industries, Inc.
InventorsLiming Wang, Thomas D. Monte
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Abstract
The invention relates to an asymmetric optical fiber that includes a core and a functional cladding that surrounds substantially half of the core along at least a portion of the fiber. The asymmetric optical fiber may include substantially parallel electrodes disposed on a face of the optical fiber.
Claims30
An asymmetric optical fiber comprising a core and a silica cladding material surrounding substantially half of said core along at least a portion of said fiber;
- at least one pair of substantially parallel electrodes disposed on a face of said asymmetric optical fiber;
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- a functional cladding at least partially disposed directly on said core and electrodes.
An asymmetric optical fiber comprising an elliptical core and a functional cladding, wherein said functional cladding surrounds substantially half of said elliptical core, and wherein said fiber has an insertion loss of less than or equal to about 10 dB.
A method for fabricating an asymmetric optical fiber comprising an elliptical core and functional cladding, the method comprising:
- removing a portion of silica cladding of said optical fiber to at least partially expose the elliptical core;
- and wherein said elliptical core remains intact;
- creating a pair of metal electrodes on a face of said asymmetric optical fiber, wherein each of the set of electrodes is disposed on an opposing side of the elliptical core;
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- cladding, at least partially, the exposed core and electrode with said functional cladding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.