Image fiber and method of fabricating the same
US6041154A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/02042
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image fiber includes plural kinds of cores and a common cladding containing the cores, which are arrayed so that no similar cores are adjacent one another. A method of making the image fiber is that a plurality of optical fiber elements having cores of different diameters are arranged so that no similar cores are adjacent one another, and after being inserted in a jacket pipe, are heated at a high temperature to fuse the cladding portions of the optical fiber elements so that the whole is drawn down to a desired thickness.
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