公开(公告)号：US20170371097A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：US15687052

申请日：2017-08-25

Applicant: Lumentum Operations LLC

Inventor： Zong Kwei WU ,  Kwang CHONG ,  Martin H. MUENDEL

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  H01S3/067 ,  G02B6/28 ,  G02B6/14 ,  H01S3/094 ,  B29D11/00 ,  G02B6/26

CPC classification number: G02B6/02066 ,  B29D11/00663 ,  B29D11/00682 ,  G02B6/14 ,  G02B6/264 ,  G02B6/2852 ,  H01S3/06729 ,  H01S3/06733 ,  H01S3/094007

Abstract: A cladding light stripper may include a double-clad optical fiber having a core for guiding signal light, an inner cladding surrounding the core, and an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding. The optical fiber may include a stripped portion forming an exposed section. The exposed section may include a plurality of spirally-arranged transversal notches disposed along the optical fiber to enable light to escape the inner cladding upon impinging on the plurality of notches. A circumferential segment of the optical fiber may include a single notch of the plurality of notches. Each of the plurality of notches may have a depth of only a partial distance to the core.