Patent · US Expired

Plastic optical fiber

US6501894B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

5References

7Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Wolfgang Dultz · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Walter Heitmann · Groß-Bieberau, DE
Erich Becker · Springe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2001
Grant date	Dec 31, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/02033
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A plastic optical fiber having a low-loss, light-guiding plastic core surrounded by an inner, low-loss layer of a smaller refractive index and by an outer, stronger light-absorbing layer. The low-loss, light-guiding plastic core can also be surrounded by a light-absorbing layer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.