公开(公告)号：US20230054228A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17795935

申请日：2021-01-29

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED ,  President and Fellows of Harvard College

发明人： Federico Capasso ,  Wei-Ting Chen ,  Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Kangmei Li ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Jaewon Oh ,  Jun Yang

IPC分类号： H04B10/2581 ,  H04J14/02 ,  G02B1/00

摘要： Systems, devices, and techniques for performing wavelength division multiplexing or demultiplexing using one or more metamaterials in an optical communications systems are described. An optical device may be configured to shift one or more phase profiles of an optical signal using one or more stages of metamaterials to multiplex or demultiplex wavelengths of optical signals. The optical device may be an example of a stacked design with two or more stages of metamaterials stacked on top of one another. The optical device may be an example of a folded design that reflects optical signals between different stages of metamaterials.

公开(公告)号：US20240036248A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18225409

申请日：2023-07-24

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Wei Jiang ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Xiaojun Liang ,  Dan Trung Nguyen ,  Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin

IPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/032

CPC分类号： G02B6/02328 ,  G02B6/032

摘要： A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the fiber; a substrate; a plurality of first cladding elements spaced apart from each other and positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the first cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber, each of the first cladding elements including a first capillary; and a plurality of second cladding elements spaced apart from each other and positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the second cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber, each of the second cladding elements including a second capillary. Each of the first cladding elements directly contacts the inner surface of the substrate, and none of the second cladding elements directly contacts the inner surface of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240150218A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18387631

申请日：2023-11-07

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Matthew Ryan Drake ,  Richard Michael Fiacco ,  Brian Lee Harper ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Silver Nyambo ,  Matthew John Rice ,  Jeffery Scott Stone ,  Matthew Artus Tuggle

IPC分类号： C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/012 ,  C03B37/018

CPC分类号： C03B37/02718 ,  C03B37/01214 ,  C03B37/01876 ,  C03B2203/16

摘要： A method of manufacturing a preform, the method including positioning at least one glass tube in a glass outer cladding to form a preform precursor, the glass tube comprising a first open end and a second open end, forming a preform from the preform precursor, and thermally treating at least one of the preform precursor and the preform. The thermally treating including sealing the first open end and the second open end of the glass tube to form a closed tube and heating and/or cooling the glass tube to manipulate gas pressure within the closed glass tube.

公开(公告)号：US20240036250A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18226324

申请日：2023-07-26

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Xiaojun Liang ,  Dan Trung Nguyen ,  Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin

IPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/036

CPC分类号： G02B6/02328 ,  G02B6/03622 ,  G02B6/02376 ,  G02B6/02361

摘要： A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow-core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; a substrate; a first cladding positioned between the central longitudinal axis and an inner surface of the substrate, the first cladding surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and having a Bragg structure configured to provide a photonic bandgap operable to confine an optical signal with a wavelength λ propagating in the hollow-core of the hollow-core optical fiber; and a second cladding positioned between the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and the inner surface of the substrate, the second cladding surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and including a plurality of cladding elements configured to provide an anti-resonant effect at the wavelength λ, the anti-resonant effect operable to confine the optical signal at the wavelength λ in the hollow-core.

公开(公告)号：US20240012202A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18038465

申请日：2021-01-29

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Kangmei Li ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Jun Yang

IPC分类号： G02B6/26 ,  G02B1/00 ,  G02B6/02 ,  H04B10/2581

CPC分类号： G02B6/264 ,  G02B1/002 ,  G02B6/02042 ,  H04B10/2581 ,  G02B2207/101

摘要： An apparatus comprises a fiber input, the fiber input comprising a plurality of input fiber cores receiving a plurality of input optical signals. The apparatus also comprises an optical signal manipulation device that is one of a fiber mode shuffler, a fiber coupler, a power splitter, or a 90-degree optical hybrid. The optical signal manipulation device comprises an input aperture held in spaced relation to the fiber input, an output aperture, and a plurality of metasurfaces that manipulate phase profiles of the plurality optical signals to generate a plurality of output optical signals having a different spatial arrangement than the input optical signal. A fiber output is held in spaced relation to the output aperture such that fiber cores of the fiber output receive the plurality of output optical signals.

公开(公告)号：US20240036253A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18226343

申请日：2023-07-26

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Wei Jiang ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Xiaojun Liang ,  Dan Trung Nguyen ,  Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin

IPC分类号： G02B6/032

CPC分类号： G02B6/032

摘要： A hollow-core optical fiber may include a substrate having a tubular shape and an inner surface surrounding a central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; a hollow core extending through the substrate along the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; and a plurality of cladding elements positioned between the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and the substrate. Each of the plurality of cladding elements may extend in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber. Each of the plurality of cladding elements may include a wound glass sheet configured as a spiral, and each of the plurality of cladding elements may contact an interior surface of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240036252A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18226319

申请日：2023-07-26

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Wei Jiang ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Xiaojun Liang ,  Dan Trung Nguyen ,  Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin

IPC分类号： G02B6/032

CPC分类号： G02B6/032

摘要： A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the fiber; a substrate, the substrate having a tubular shape and an inner surface surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the fiber; and a plurality of cladding elements positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber. Each of the cladding elements includes a primary capillary, the primary capillary directly contacting the inner surface of the substrate and having an inner surface defining a cavity, and a plurality of nested capillaries positioned within the cavity, each of the nested capillaries directly contacting the inner surface of the primary capillary.

公开(公告)号：US20240034664A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18226331

申请日：2023-07-26

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR. ,  Wei Jiang ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Xiaojun Liang ,  Dan Trung Nguyen ,  Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin

IPC分类号： C03B37/012 ,  C03B37/025 ,  G02B6/032

CPC分类号： C03B37/012 ,  C03B37/0256 ,  G02B6/032 ,  C03B2203/16

摘要： A method for producing a hollow-core preform may include rolling a glass sheet to form a rolled-glass structure; and attaching one or more of the rolled-glass structures to an inner surface of an annular support structure to form a hollow-core preform, wherein the inner surface of the annular support structure defines an interior cavity and the one or more of the rolled-glass structures are positioned within the interior cavity. The hollow-core preform may be drawn into a hollow-core optical fiber.