Fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication techniques

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dc.contributor.assigneeCenter for Innovative Technologyen
dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.en
dc.contributor.inventorMurphy, Kent A.en
dc.contributor.inventorClaus, Richard O.en
dc.contributor.inventorGunther, Michael F.en
dc.date.accessed2016-08-19en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T17:55:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-08-24T17:55:39Zen
dc.date.filed1993-05-26en
dc.date.issued1994-08-16en
dc.description.abstractThe fibers are bound together about 1 cm apart. An oxy-propane torch is used to heat the fibers so that they fuse together. At the same time, the two relatively movable translational stages to which the fibers are clamped are pulled apart to form a biconical tapered region in the fibers. The fibers are tapered until a desired coupling ratio is achieved. After the insertion loss is measured, the torch is reintroduced into the taper region and one side (e.g., the right side) of the taper region is rotated with a minimal increase in the taper length, i.e., the distance between the two stations is increased only enough to keep an even tension in the taper region.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.applicationnumber8067868en
dc.identifier.patentnumber5339374en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72818en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/74/393/053/0.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen
dc.subject.cpcG02B6/2856en
dc.subject.uspc385/43en
dc.titleFused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication techniquesen
dc.typePatenten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.patenttypeutilityen

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