System and method of operating low coupling efficiency optical source by dissipating cladding modes
US6865316B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/429
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An embodiment is directed to a system for dissipating cladding modes of an optical fiber. In the system, a high power light source couples optical power into the optical fiber at a fiber coupling point thereby producing the cladding modes; material is indexed-matched to the optical fiber and is optically contacted to the optical fiber near the fiber coupling point; and a substrate layer is operable to provide a thermal sink for heat generated from dissipation of cladding modes of the optical fiber.
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