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Arrangement comprising a fiber-optic waveguide

US8073300B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH · DE

Inventors

Volker Harle · Hemau, DE
Alfred Lell · Maxhütte-Haidhof, DE
Hubert Ott · Bad Abbach, DE
Norbert Stath · Regensburg, DE
Uwe Strauss · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2007
Grant date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21Y2103/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement comprising a fiber-optic waveguide (10) and a detection device (25), wherein the fiber-optic waveguide (10) comprises a core region (10E) and a cladding region (10C) surrounding the core region (10E), wherein the core region has a higher refractive index than the cladding region, and wherein the detection device (25) can detect damage to the fiber-optic waveguide (10).

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