Patent · US Expired

Waveguide and method of manufacturing same

US4465336A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Peter Huber · Wohlen, CH
Peter Russer · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 1981
Grant date	Aug 14, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S359/90
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A waveguide and method of making the same is disclosed which comprises an elongated dielectric core surrounded by dielectric shell at least one of which have an anisotropic index of refraction. The core is made up of a plurality of layers each having a parallel surface normal with pairs of such layers having unequal indices of refraction. The layers are selected to preferably have the same thickness.

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