Fiber combiner with input port dump
US10261329B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1305
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus includes a plurality of input fibers including one or more signal fibers and one or more beam dump fibers, a signal combiner having an input end coupled to the plurality of input fibers so as to couple portions of one or more signal beams respectively propagating in one or more of the signal fibers to form a combiner beam, an output fiber coupled to an output end of the signal combiner so as to receive the combiner beam, and a beam dump coupled to at least one of the one or more beam dump fibers so as to receive a light beam propagating from the output fiber that is associated with the combiner beam.
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