Fabrication of miniature fiber-optic temperature sensors
US7762720B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2551
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of coupling a silica fiber and a sapphire fiber includes providing a silica fiber having a doped core and a cladding layer, with the doped core having a prescribed diameter, providing a sapphire fiber having a diameter less than the doped core, placing an end of the sapphire fiber in close proximity to an end of the silica fiber, applying a heat source to the end of silica fiber and introducing the end of sapphire fiber into the heated doped core of the silica fiber to produce a coupling between the silica and sapphire fibers.
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