Production of temporally apparent intensity distribution by rapid perturbation of variable beam characteristics optical fiber
US10677984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12121
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed are an optical beam delivery device, systems, and methods for sequentially adjusting, with respect to members of a set of confinement regions, a propagation path for establishing a controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution. The disclosed techniques entail applying to a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber different states perturbation to change the propagation path and the members of the set of confinement regions through which a confined portion of an adjusted optical beam propagates, thereby establishing at an output end of the VBC fiber the controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution.
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