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Multi-axis graded-index photonic coupling

US9784920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Sean P. Anderson · Macungie, US
Weizhuo Li · Berkeley Heights, US
Vipulkumar Patel · Emmaus, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2006/12195
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical coupling may involve orienting a waveguide and a lens such that light rays are focused on a surface. The lens may involve the use of a material having a variable refractive index to focus rays of light along first axis and a curved surface to focus the rays of light along a second axis.

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