Transverse optical fiber devices for optical sensing
US6882429B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/14
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques and devices using a fiber to couple light efficiently and compactly in a direction transverse to the fiber core for optical sensing, optical switching, and optical data storage applications. Devices are described for all-fiber optical switching, multiple-disk high-data-rate optical disk drives with compact optical fiber read/write heads, compact fiber-optic interferometers for position, measurements, and endoscopic probes for medical tissue modification and measurement.
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