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Light guide

US6496633B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5Claims
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Filing dateJul 19, 2000
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light guide comprising an entrance window, an output window and a multiplicity of light channels for transmitting light falling onto the entrance window towards the output window by internal reflection, wherein the light channel consists of light guiding core material which is enclosed in a cladding gas having a refractive index that is lower that the refractive index of the core material.

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