IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SPLICING AND CONNECTORIZATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS
    4.
    发明公开
    IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SPLICING AND CONNECTORIZATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS 有权
    在接头和接触光子晶体光纤的改进

    公开(公告)号:EP2464997A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-20

    申请号:EP10808002.9

    申请日:2010-08-16

    申请人: NKT Photonics A/S

    IPC分类号: G02B6/032

    摘要: The present invention relates to an optical fiber comprising at least a first end with an first end facet, the optical fiber comprising a core region capable of guiding light at a first wavelength λ; and a microstructured cladding region surrounding said core region. The cladding region comprises an inner cladding region and an outer cladding region. The inner cladding region comprises inner cladding features arranged in an inner cladding background material having a refractive index n
    1 , said inner cladding features comprising thermally collapsible holes or voids. The outer cladding region comprising outer cladding features arranged in an outer cladding background material, said outer cladding features comprising solid material with refractive index n
    2 , wherein n
    2 is lower than n
    1 . The invention further relates to methods for splicing such an optical fiber to an optical component and to methods for using such an optical fiber.

    PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER ASSEMBLY
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4009087A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-08

    申请号:EP22153290.6

    申请日:2016-12-22

    申请人: NKT Photonics A/S

    IPC分类号: G02B6/38 G02B6/02 G02B6/42

    摘要: A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) assembly comprises a PCF and at least one ferrule structure, said PCF has a center axis and comprises a core region and a cladding region and a first fiber end section (21) with a first fiber end (21a), said ferrule structure has a center axis and is mounted to said first fiber end section (21), the PCF center axis at the first fiber end section (21) and the ferrule structure center axis being parallel or coincident, said ferrule structure comprises an inner ferrule arrangement and an outer ferrule arrangement (5) surrounding the first fiber end section (21), said inner ferrule arrangement comprises an inner ferrule front section (22) proximally to said first fiber end (21a) and an inner ferrule rear section (23) distally to said first fiber end (21a), said inner ferrule front section (22) and said inner ferrule rear section (23) are not directly fixed to each other and the outer ferrule arrangement is configured to hold the inner ferrule front section and the inner ferrule rear section in position relative to each other, each of said inner ferrule sections (22, 23) have an inner diameter and in at least a length thereof fully surrounds the PCF, said inner ferrule rear section (23) is anchored in an anchor length section (23b) to said first fiber end section (21) and said inner ferrule front section (12) supports said first fiber end section (21) proximally to said first fiber end (21a),
    wherein said first fiber end section (21) has at least one mode stripper length section (27, 37), and
    wherein said mode stripper length section (27, 37) comprises a mode stripping high index material and/or a scattering layer applied in contact with the PCF at said mode stripper length section (27, 37) and/or said fiber in said mode stripper length section (27, 37) has a roughness Ra value of at least about 0.1 µm.

    PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER ASSEMBLY
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3394652A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-31

    申请号:EP16877821.5

    申请日:2016-12-22

    申请人: NKT Photonics A/S

    IPC分类号: G02B6/36

    摘要: The invention comprises a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) assembly comprising a PCF and at least one ferrule structure. The PCF has a center axis and comprises a core region and a cladding region and a first fiber end section with a first fiber end. The ferrule structure has a center axis and is mounted to the first fiber end section. The ferrule structure comprises an inner ferrule arrangement and an outer ferrule arrangement surrounding the first fiber end section. The inner ferrule arrangement comprises an inner ferrule front section proximally to the first fiber end and an inner ferrule rear section distally to the first fiber end, and each of the inner ferrule sections have an inner diameter and in at least a length thereof fully surrounds the PCF. The inner ferrule rear section is anchored in an anchor length section to the first fiber end section and the inner ferrule front section supports the first fiber end section proximally to the first fiber end.

    AN OPTICAL COUPLER, A METHOD OF ITS FABRICATION AND USE
    7.
    发明授权
    AN OPTICAL COUPLER, A METHOD OF ITS FABRICATION AND USE 有权
    光耦合器及其制造方法和使用

    公开(公告)号:EP2005228B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-06

    申请号:EP07722687.6

    申请日:2007-03-16

    申请人: NKT Photonics A/S

    IPC分类号: G02B6/28

    摘要: The invention relates to: An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibres into one output fibre. The invention further relates to a method of fabricating and to the use of an optical coupler. The object of the present invention is to provide an optical coupler, which is relatively easy to manufacture. The problem is solved in that the coupler comprises a) an input section comprising at least two input fibres, which are bundled over a bundling-length and having an output end face at one end of the bundling-length; and b) an output section comprising an output fibre comprising a confining region for confining light propagated in said input fibres and a surrounding cladding region and having an input end face; wherein said output end face of said input section is optically coupled to said input end face of said output section and at least said confining region of said output fibre is tapered down from a first cross sectional area at said input end face to a second, smaller cross sectional area over a tapering-length of said output fibre. This has the advantage that the output section comprises an optical fibre which can be made in easy to handle, appropriate lengths and which can be easily tapered. The invention may e.g. be used in fibre lasers or amplifiers, where efficient coupling of light from a number of pump sources to a single (e.g. double clad) output fibre is needed.