Expanded beam connector system
US7031567B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3853
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of coupling a high-power optical signal between an optical fiber and a mating optical component, the optical signal ranging in wavelength from x to y, and having a first diameter while propagating in a mode field within the fiber, the method comprising: (a) converting the high-power optical signal between the first diameter in the fiber and a second diameter significantly greater than the first diameter using a GRIN lens fused to an end of the fiber, the GRIN lens having a diameter substantially the same as that of the optical fiber and a length l complying with the following equation:¼x+½nx≦l≦¼y+½ny,
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