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Apparatus and method for increasing the effective capture area in optical terminals

US8888384B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Juan C. Juarez · Milford Mill, US
David W. Young · Portland, US
Joseph E. Sluz · Ellicott City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2011
Grant date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49174
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

At least two single-mode optical fibers are fused together such that their cores are separated by only a few microns to serve as a capture element of an incoming beam of light in an optical terminal.

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