Interfacial propagating mode waveguide
US6282338A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12107
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber waveguide including a selected period reflection grating structure for coupling the forward propagating mode of an optical signal transmitted through the waveguide into a backward propagating interfacial mode where a substantial portion of the optical signal is propagated in the cladding region of the fiber.
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