METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO A SIDE-FIRE OPTICAL FIBER HAVING A ROBUST DISTAL END PORTION
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    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO A SIDE-FIRE OPTICAL FIBER HAVING A ROBUST DISTAL END PORTION 有权
    与具有坚固的远端部分的侧面光纤相关的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150253505A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-10

    申请号:US14275499

    申请日:2014-05-12

    Inventor: Kenneth REEVER

    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure may include an apparatus having an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide may have a distal end surface non-normal to a longitudinal centerline of a distal end portion of the optical waveguide, wherein the distal end surface may define a portion of an interface configured to redirect electromagnetic radiation propagated from within the optical waveguide and incident on the portion of the interface to a direction offset from the longitudinal centerline. The apparatus may further include a capillary component which may have a first portion of an inner surface heat-fused to a portion of an outer surface of the optical waveguide. The apparatus may also include a reinforcement component which may have a proximal end surface disposed distal to the distal end surface of the optical waveguide such that the distal end surface of the optical waveguide and the proximal end surface of the reinforcement component may be separated by a non-zero distance, and wherein a portion of an outer surface of the reinforcement component may be heat-fused to a second portion of the inner surface of the capillary component.

    Abstract translation: 本公开的一个方面可以包括具有光波导的装置。 光波导可以具有与光波导的远端部分的纵向中心线不平行的远端表面,其中远端表面可以限定被配置为重定向从光波导内传播的电磁辐射的接口的一部分,以及 在界面的一部分上从偏离纵向中心线的方向入射。 该装置还可以包括毛细管部件,毛细管部件可以具有热熔合到光波导的外表面的一部分的内表面的第一部分。 该装置还可以包括增强部件,其可以具有远离光波导的远端表面的近端表面,使得光波导的远端表面和加强部件的近端表面可以被 非零距离,并且其中增强部件的外表面的一部分可以被热熔合到毛细管部件的内表面的第二部分。

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