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Infrared fiber combiner

US10054743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2016
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4296
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light system may include a fused mid-IR tapered combiner to optically connect a bundle of mid-IR fiber bundles with a multimode fiber. The fused mid-IR fiber tapered combiner arranges a bundle of fibers in a geometric arrangement to reduce the diameter of a plurality of mid-IR fibers to match or equal the diameter of a single multimode mid-IR fiber. The mid-IR fibers carry light produced and emitted from semiconductor light sources.

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