AU2003226571A8 - A method and apparatus relating to optical fibres - Google Patents

A method and apparatus relating to optical fibres

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AU2003226571A8
AU2003226571A8 AU2003226571A AU2003226571A AU2003226571A8 AU 2003226571 A8 AU2003226571 A8 AU 2003226571A8 AU 2003226571 A AU2003226571 A AU 2003226571A AU 2003226571 A AU2003226571 A AU 2003226571A AU 2003226571 A8 AU2003226571 A8 AU 2003226571A8
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optical fibres
apparatus relating
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fibres
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Philip St John Russell
Jonathan Cave Knight
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Blazephotonics Ltd
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    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/023—Microstructured optical fibre having different index layers arranged around the core for guiding light by reflection, i.e. 1D crystal, e.g. omniguide
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    • C03B37/0122—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from tubes, rods, fibres or filaments by inserting one or more rods or tubes into a tube for making preforms of photonic crystal, microstructured or holey optical fibres
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    • G02B6/02338—Structured core, e.g. core contains more than one material, non-constant refractive index distribution in core, asymmetric or non-circular elements in core unit, multiple cores, insertions between core and clad
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
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