2016-08-242016-08-242010-07-27http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72642A method of coupling a silica fiber and a sapphire fiber includes providing a silica fiber having a doped core and a cladding layer, with the doped core having a prescribed diameter, providing a sapphire fiber having a diameter less than the doped core, placing an end of the sapphire fiber in close proximity to an end of the silica fiber, applying a heat source to the end of silica fiber and introducing the end of sapphire fiber into the heated doped core of the silica fiber to produce a coupling between the silica and sapphire fibers.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/20/627/077/0.pdf11835835374/131374/121374/161G01J5/08G01J5/0821G01K11/3206G02B6/25517762720