EP1782111A4 - Fiber optic article - Google Patents

Fiber optic article

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Publication number
EP1782111A4
EP1782111A4 EP05857279A EP05857279A EP1782111A4 EP 1782111 A4 EP1782111 A4 EP 1782111A4 EP 05857279 A EP05857279 A EP 05857279A EP 05857279 A EP05857279 A EP 05857279A EP 1782111 A4 EP1782111 A4 EP 1782111A4
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European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
fiber optic
optic article
article
fiber
optic
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EP05857279A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1782111A2 (en
Inventor
Julia A Farroni
Upendra Manyam
Nils Jacobson
Kanishka Tankala
Adrian Carter
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Nufern
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Nufern
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Priority claimed from US10/912,666 external-priority patent/US7062137B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/911,812 external-priority patent/US7050686B2/en
Application filed by Nufern filed Critical Nufern
Publication of EP1782111A2 publication Critical patent/EP1782111A2/en
Publication of EP1782111A4 publication Critical patent/EP1782111A4/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/036—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating core or cladding comprising multiple layers
    • G02B6/03616—Optical fibres characterised both by the number of different refractive index layers around the central core segment, i.e. around the innermost high index core layer, and their relative refractive index difference
    • G02B6/03661—Optical fibres characterised both by the number of different refractive index layers around the central core segment, i.e. around the innermost high index core layer, and their relative refractive index difference having 4 layers only
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02042—Multicore optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/024—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating with polarisation maintaining properties
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/036—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating core or cladding comprising multiple layers
    • G02B6/03616—Optical fibres characterised both by the number of different refractive index layers around the central core segment, i.e. around the innermost high index core layer, and their relative refractive index difference
    • G02B6/03638—Optical fibres characterised both by the number of different refractive index layers around the central core segment, i.e. around the innermost high index core layer, and their relative refractive index difference having 3 layers only

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
EP05857279A 2004-08-05 2005-08-05 Fiber optic article Ceased EP1782111A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/912,666 US7062137B2 (en) 2004-08-05 2004-08-05 Fiber optic article including fluorine
US10/911,812 US7050686B2 (en) 2004-08-05 2004-08-05 Fiber optic article with inner region
PCT/US2005/028032 WO2006017802A2 (en) 2004-08-05 2005-08-05 Fiber optic article

Publications (2)

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EP1782111A2 EP1782111A2 (en) 2007-05-09
EP1782111A4 true EP1782111A4 (en) 2008-04-16

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WO (1) WO2006017802A2 (en)

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US7110647B2 (en) 2003-01-17 2006-09-19 Nufern Multimode polarization maintaining double clad fiber
CA2680395C (en) * 2007-03-15 2015-06-02 Liekki Oy Optical fiber structure and a method of producing thereof
CN101657943A (en) 2007-08-28 2010-02-24 株式会社藤仓 Rare-earth doped core multi-clad fiber, fiber amplifier, and fiber laser
US8611002B2 (en) 2009-09-24 2013-12-17 Gavin P. Frith Optical fiber lasers and amplifiers and methods for providing optical gain
JP2011171619A (en) * 2010-02-22 2011-09-01 Fujikura Ltd Optical fiber for amplification and optical fiber amplifier using the same

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EP0918382A2 (en) * 1997-11-21 1999-05-26 Lucent Technologies Inc. Cladding-pumped fiber structures
US20020126974A1 (en) * 2001-03-12 2002-09-12 Alcatel Double-clad optical fiber and fiber amplifier
DE10211352A1 (en) * 2001-03-16 2002-09-26 Imra America Inc Fiber used in a high performance laser comprises a fiber core, a molded hexagon or other polygon casing surrounding the core, and a coating surrounding the casing
US20030152349A1 (en) * 1999-12-24 2003-08-14 Jocelyn Lauzon Triple-clad rare-earth doped optical fiber and applications
US20040036955A1 (en) * 2002-05-17 2004-02-26 Digonnet Michel J.F. Double-clad fiber lasers and amplifiers having long-period fiber gratings
US20040086245A1 (en) * 2002-03-19 2004-05-06 Farroni Julia A. Optical fiber

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US6477307B1 (en) * 2000-10-23 2002-11-05 Nufern Cladding-pumped optical fiber and methods for fabricating
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0918382A2 (en) * 1997-11-21 1999-05-26 Lucent Technologies Inc. Cladding-pumped fiber structures
US20030152349A1 (en) * 1999-12-24 2003-08-14 Jocelyn Lauzon Triple-clad rare-earth doped optical fiber and applications
US20020126974A1 (en) * 2001-03-12 2002-09-12 Alcatel Double-clad optical fiber and fiber amplifier
DE10211352A1 (en) * 2001-03-16 2002-09-26 Imra America Inc Fiber used in a high performance laser comprises a fiber core, a molded hexagon or other polygon casing surrounding the core, and a coating surrounding the casing
US20040086245A1 (en) * 2002-03-19 2004-05-06 Farroni Julia A. Optical fiber
US20040036955A1 (en) * 2002-05-17 2004-02-26 Digonnet Michel J.F. Double-clad fiber lasers and amplifiers having long-period fiber gratings

Non-Patent Citations (3)

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Title
CARTER A ET AL: "The road to kilowatt fiber lasers", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, US, vol. 5350, no. 1, 26 January 2004 (2004-01-26), pages 172 - 182, XP002339880, ISSN: 0277-786X *
See also references of WO2006017802A2 *
TANKALA K ET AL: "PM double-clad fibers for high-power lasers and amplifiers", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, US, vol. 4974, 2003, pages 220 - 229, XP002339906, ISSN: 0277-786X *

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