公开(公告)号：US20200183086A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16705912

申请日：2019-12-06

Applicant: Optical Engines, Inc.

Inventor： Donald Lee Sipes, JR. ,  Jason D. Tafoya ,  Daniel Scott chulz

IPC: G02B6/26 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: A photonic antenna array includes: a plurality of tapered fiber ends; and a support plate. Each tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends corresponds to a respective fiber of a plurality of fibers. A portion of each of the plurality of fibers is run through the support plate. A fiber core diameter at a tapered end point of a respective tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends has a first diameter. A fiber core diameter at a non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end has a second diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter. The respective tapered fiber end is configured to provide a mode field diameter larger than a diameter of the non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end.