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Light distributor

US4392712A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1980
Grant dateJul 12, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2835
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light distributor comprising a plurality of optical fibers each having a tapered portion, said tapered portions of the optical fibers being thermally fused together to form a light mixing section where the cores of the fibers are packed together in a single cladding.

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