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Method for impressing gratings within fiber optics

US4807950A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1987
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S359/90
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber has a dielectric periodic index of refraction phase grating established in its core by intense angled application of several transverse beams of ultraviolet light, enabling the establishment of a distributed, spatially resolving optical fiber strain gauge.

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