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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900481 | Method of making an optical fiber According to one embodiment a method of making optical fibers comprises: (i) manufacturing a core cane; (ii) situating a plurality of microstructures selected from rods, air filled tubes and glass filed tubes and placing said microstructures adjacent to the core can... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7420147 | Microchannel plate and method of manufacturing microchannel plate A method of fabricating a multichannel plate is provided. The method includes providing a N layers, each layer having an array of wells formed therein. The N layers are aligned and stacked. The stack of N layers are sliced along a first and second line of the array ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7272956 | Method for manufacturing a multimode fiber pump power combiner A multimode to low-mode optical fiber is constructed by forming a plurality of multimode optical fibers into a fiber bundle. The bundle is then selectively heated and drawn to form a bi-tapered fiber bundle having a central straight portion in which the multimode fi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266275 | Nonlinear optical fibre method of its production and use thereof An optical fiber having a longitudinal direction and a cross-section perpendicular thereto, said fiber in a cross-section comprising: (a) a core region (11) having a refractive index profile with a highest refractive index nc, and (b) a cladding re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7221837 | Device and method for reducing glass flow during the manufacture of microchannel plates The present invention provides a glass packing tube for use in fabricating a microchannel plate. The glass tube has a plurality of flat inner surfaces and is used to form a boule including a plurality of optical fibers located in the tube and a plurality of support ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209615 | Etched tapered fiber bundle and method of making the same A tapered fiber bundle is formed by first etching the end portions of each fiber within the group so as to remove a selected amount of outer cladding material from each fiber. The assembled, etched fibers are then fused together in conventional fashion to form a fib... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206485 | Photonic crystal fiber preform and photonic crystal fiber manufactured using the same A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) preform, from which a photonic crystal fiber is manufactured, includes a rod-shaped substrate with holes longitudinally formed therethrough in a photonic lattice structure, and material layers having at least two different indices of r... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197217 | Method of making a fiberoptic light guide A method of making a fiberoptic light guide utilizes a hollow glass cladding blackened by chemical reduction. The cladding has a predetermined lead content and is heated to an elevated temperature in an atmosphere of substantially 100% hydrogen gas in a furnace. The... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7107795 | Method for forming high-density multicore phase-locked fiber laser array A method for forming a multicore fiber laser array includes inserting a plurality of rare-earth doped rods into a corresponding plurality of hollow capillaries, and arranging the resulting plurality of filled capillaries into a preform pattern. The plurality of fill... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080529 | Method for making large diameter optical waveguide having Bragg grating and being configured for reducing the bulk modulus of compressibility thereof The present invention provides a method for making a multicore large diameter optical waveguide having a cross-section of at least about 0.3 millimeters, two or more inner cores, a cladding surrounding the two or more inner cores, and one or more side holes for redu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7060026 | Diassembly of endoscope having adhesively bonded parts An endoscope comprises a plurality of members constituting the endoscope, and parts-bonded sections each having at least members thereof bonded together using an adhesive. The temperatures of thermal destruction at which the adhesives included in the parts-bonded se... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025508 | Optical short-circuit insert and optical short-circuit plug The invention provides an optical short-circuit insert for accommodation in a plug housing, with a plug region with two mutually parallel optical fiber ends of an optical fiber portion. A curved region of the optical fiber portion, intermediate optical fiber ends, i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015641 | Reduced veiling glare cathode window A faceplate (F) for an image intensifier tube (10) for reducing veiling glare begins as a blank (36) of optical material of a desired glass composition having a shape that conforms substantially to a configuration of the faceplate (F) to be produced. A... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6985667 | Optical fiber component for connection and manufacturing method thereof This invention provides an optical fiber wiring board having excellent optical property, high reliability and high mounting property. This invention relates to an optical fiber component for connection having a substrate on which a plurality of optical fibers being ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6917741 | Methods for manufacturing microstructured optical fibers with arbitrary core size The present invention provides methods for manufacturing microstructured optical fibers having an arbitrary core size and shape. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of fabricating a photonic band gap fiber includes the steps of forming an assembly... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917144 | Microchannel plate having input/output face funneling A microchannel plate (P) for receiving photoelectrons includes a plate-like substrate web (W) formed from a plurality of micro-tubules (10) of a single type of cladding glass (12) and defining a pair of opposite faces (14a and 14 | 07/12/2005 |
| 6711918 | Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform The present invention provides a simple method for fabricating fiber-optic glass preforms having complex refractive index configurations and/or dopant distributions in a radial direction with a high degree of accuracy and precision. The method teaches bundling toget... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6665473 | Compact fiber coupler and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a compact fiber coupler. On a semiconductor substrate, a V-groove with a radius curvature R is formed. Then, a glue is positioned at both sides of the V-groove, and the glue is absorbed from both sides of the V-groove by capillar... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658896 | Method of making a fiberoptic light guide A method of making a fiberoptic dental light probe having a bent distal end with a tapered tip. The method includes the step of heating just the mid-section of a vertically-disposed, solid, cylindrical fused fiberoptic rod and permitting the midsection to... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640588 | Method of making microporous structure defined by a multiplicity of singular channels A microporous structure can be formed from ductile material such as glass into an axially extended outer wall surrounding a plurality of singular micro-passages surrounded by the outer wall to provide an open area that extends continuously over the length... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640037 | Thin walled core band-gap waveguides Disclosed is a method of making a photonic crystal preform which provides improved properties of the photonic band-gap crystal waveguide fiber drawn therefrom. The photonic crystal preform defect is formed using materials having a particular shape or comp... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6598428 | Multi-component all glass photonic band-gap fiber A method of producing an all glass, non-porous, multi-component photonic band-gap fiber is provided. The fiber is formed by creating a preform having a plurality of low refractive index glass rods and a plurality of high refractive index glass rods arrang... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6503711 | Nucleic acid biosensor diagnostics A biosensor for direct analysis of nucleic acid hybridazation by use of an optical fiber functionalized with nucleic acid molecules and fluorescence transduction is disclosed. Nucleic acid probes are immobilized onto the surface of optical fibers and unde... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6482593 | Fiber optic biosensor for selectively detecting oligonucleotide species in a mixed fluid sample The present invention provides biosensors, apparatus and methods for selectively detecting at least one complementary oligonucleotide target specie in a fluid sample containing a mixture of different oligonucleotide fragments. One preferred embodiment of ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6444133 | Method of making photonic band gap fibers A method is provided for making a photonic band gap fiber including the steps of etching a preform and then drawing the preform into a photonic band gap fiber. Glass tubes are bundled and then formed into a photonic crystal perform having a number of pass... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427491 | Method for making fibers having cores with non-circular cross-sections An optical fiber with a non-circular cross-section is realized by creating a void having the desired cross-section in a housing and filling the void with an optical material. This structure is then collapsed to solidify it and drawn to desired dimensions.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6406845 | Fiber optic biosensor for selectively detecting oligonucleotide species in a mixed fluid sample The present invention provides biosensors, apparatus and methods for selectively detecting at least one complementary oligonucleotide target specie in a fluid sample containing a mixture of different oligonucleotide fragments. One preferred embodiment of ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6349572 | Method of compression bundling of optical fiber The method of making an optical fiber bundle (1) from individual optical fibers with good optical properties and a wider applicability includes temporarily mechanically holding individual optical fibers together and pushing them in a snug fit in a single ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6325883 | Method and apparatus for making fiber optic couplers A method is disclosed for applying glue to a fiber optic coupler composed of a plurality of contiguously extending optical fibers, the fibers extending though the bore of a tube and through a longitudinally adjacent coupling region where the tube is colla... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6301420 | Multicore optical fibre An optical fiber for transmitting radiation comprising two or more core regions, two or more core regions, each core region comprising a substantially transparent core material and having a core refractive index, a core length, and a core diameter, wherei... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6260389 | Method of prethreading a fiber draw process A method for threading a lead end of a fiber through the drawing apparatus of a fiber draw process. A prethread filament is fed through the apparatus of a draw process. One end of the prethread filament is then attached to the lead end of the fiber and us... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6244323 | Method for stripping coatings from optical fibers A method and apparatus are provided for removing protective coating material from a fiber optic cable including one or more optical fibers. A stream of hot inert gas is directed onto the cable to soften the protective coating material and blow it from the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6123801 | Method and apparatus for stripping coatings from optical fibers A method and apparatus are provided for removing protective coating material from a fiber optic cable including one or more optical fibers. A stream of hot inert gas is directed onto the cable to soften the protective coating material and blow it from the... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092394 | Apparatus for automatically coupling two optical fibers in a tube An automated method and apparatus for making optical fiber couplers is disclosed. The apparatus includes various processing stations under the control of a programmable controller. A fiber feeding system receives a set of optical fibers from a reel and gu... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5987201 | Apparatus and method of making a fused dense wavelength-division multiplexer The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of making a Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexer (DWDM) using a Fused-Biconical Taper ("FBT") technique. The DWDM according to the present invention comprises a multiple of Multi-window Wavelength-... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5970749 | Arrangement for automated fabrication of fiber optic devices Fiber optic devices are manufactured in an automated environment using a combination of clamps to secure the optical fibers and movable gripping devices that transport the optical fiber during the fabrication process while maintaining control of the ends ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5948202 | Method for removing a protective coating from optical fibers and making a photonic device A method and apparatus are provided for removing protective coating material from a fiber optic cable including one or more optical fibers. A stream of hot inert gas is directed onto the cable to soften the protective coating material and blow it from the... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5891210 | Method of connecting optical fibers The present invention provides a connecting member for facilitating connecting of optical fibers, and a connecting method in which the loss due to connecting is small. An optical fiber connecting member is composed of: a retaining portion having through-h... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5837196 | High density array fabrication and readout method for a fiber optic biosensor The invention relates to the fabrication and use of biosensors comprising a plurality of optical fibers each fiber having attached to its "sensor end" biological "binding partners" (molecules that specifically bind other molecules to form a binding comple... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5754720 | Low loss fiber optic coupler and method A method of making 1×2 or 2×2 overclad couplers, switches and the like such that the process is more reproducible and loss characteristics are improved. Such couplers are typically made by inserting the stripped portions of two active optical fibers int... | 05/19/1998 |
