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Lifetime extending and performance improvements of optical fibers via loading

US9746749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NKT PHOTONICS A/S · DK

Inventors

Carsten L. Thomsen · Avenue Madeleine, DK
Thomas Vestergaard Andersen · Paseo Los Muchachos, DK

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2009
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F1/3528
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber includes a core and a cladding. The optical fiber includes a core material and a cladding material, respectively, wherein the fiber is a non-linear microstructured optical fiber, the microstructured optical fiber being obtainable by a method including loading with hydrogen and/or deuterium and optionally annealing and/or irradiation whereby the lifetime of the fiber may be extended in high power applications.

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