GB2407390B - Optical fibres - Google Patents

Optical fibres

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Publication number
GB2407390B
GB2407390B GB0321185A GB0321185A GB2407390B GB 2407390 B GB2407390 B GB 2407390B GB 0321185 A GB0321185 A GB 0321185A GB 0321185 A GB0321185 A GB 0321185A GB 2407390 B GB2407390 B GB 2407390B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibres
fibres
optical
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0321185A
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GB2407390A (en
GB0321185D0 (en
Inventor
Matthew James Banham
John Mark Pottage
Timothy Adam Birks
David Bird
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Crystal Fibre AS
Blazephotonics Ltd
Original Assignee
Crystal Fibre AS
University of Bath
Blazephotonics Ltd
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Priority to GB0321185A priority Critical patent/GB2407390B/en
Publication of GB0321185D0 publication Critical patent/GB0321185D0/en
Priority to US10/936,825 priority patent/US7224873B2/en
Publication of GB2407390A publication Critical patent/GB2407390A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2407390B publication Critical patent/GB2407390B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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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
    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/02314—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes
    • G02B6/02319—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes characterised by core or core-cladding interface features
    • G02B6/02323—Core having lower refractive index than cladding, e.g. photonic band gap guiding
    • 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
    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • 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
    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/02314—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes
    • G02B6/02342—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes characterised by cladding features, i.e. light confining region
    • G02B6/02347—Longitudinal structures arranged to form a regular periodic lattice, e.g. triangular, square, honeycomb unit cell repeated throughout cladding
    • 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
    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/02314—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes
    • G02B6/02319—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes characterised by core or core-cladding interface features
    • 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/02314—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes
    • G02B6/02342—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes characterised by cladding features, i.e. light confining region
    • G02B6/02371—Cross section of longitudinal structures is non-circular

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB0321185A 2003-09-10 2003-09-10 Optical fibres Expired - Fee Related GB2407390B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0321185A GB2407390B (en) 2003-09-10 2003-09-10 Optical fibres
US10/936,825 US7224873B2 (en) 2003-09-10 2004-09-09 Optical fibres

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0321185A GB2407390B (en) 2003-09-10 2003-09-10 Optical fibres

Publications (3)

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GB0321185D0 GB0321185D0 (en) 2003-10-08
GB2407390A GB2407390A (en) 2005-04-27
GB2407390B true GB2407390B (en) 2007-02-14

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999064903A1 (en) * 1998-06-09 1999-12-16 Crystal Fibre A/S Microstructured optical fibres
WO2000006506A1 (en) * 1998-07-30 2000-02-10 Corning Incorporated Method of fabricating photonic structures
WO2003052473A1 (en) * 2001-12-17 2003-06-26 The University Of Sydney Ring structures in optical fibres

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999064903A1 (en) * 1998-06-09 1999-12-16 Crystal Fibre A/S Microstructured optical fibres
WO2000006506A1 (en) * 1998-07-30 2000-02-10 Corning Incorporated Method of fabricating photonic structures
WO2003052473A1 (en) * 2001-12-17 2003-06-26 The University Of Sydney Ring structures in optical fibres

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
Electronics Letters 30 September 1999 Vol 35 No 20 pp 1736-7 *
Optics Letters 15 January 2000 Vol 25 No 2 pp 96-8 *

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GB0321185D0 (en) 2003-10-08

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Owner name: CRYSTAL FIBRE A/S

Free format text: FORMER APPLICANT(S): UNIVERSITY OF BATH, THE;BLAZEPHOTONICS LIMITED

Owner name: BLAZEPHOTONICS LIMITED

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Effective date: 20140910