Fiber waveguides and methods of making the same

US7272285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Gilles J. Benoit · Cambridge, US
• Yoel Fink · Cambridge, US
• John D. Joannopoulos · Belmont, US
• Shandon Dee Hart · Elmira, US
• Burak Temelkuran · London, GB
• Garry Maskaly · North Quincy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/03688
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In general, in one aspect, the invention features an article including a high-power, low-loss fiber waveguide that includes alternating layers of different dielectric materials surrounding a core extending along a waveguide axis, the different dielectric materials including a polymer and a glass.