Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical fiber defining a longitudinal direction, the optical fiber comprising a core having a diameter larger than 10 µm, said core comprises at least two solid segments of different composition, at least one of the segments comprises a photo-sensitive material. The core may be segmented in its cross-sectional direction and/or in its longitudinal direction. The optical fiber may comprise a Bragg grating written in at least one of said solid core segments. In a preferred embodiment the optical fiber comprises a core with an effective refractive index ncore, and a cladding surrounding said core, wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said core being segmented, said core comprising a first core segment with an area a1 and a second core segment with an area a2; said first core segment comprises at least one photo-sensitive material, such as Ge and/or B and/or P doped silica; said second core segment surrounds said first core segment.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optical connector having at least one longitudinal axis, said optical connector comprising a first segment having first cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second segment having second cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal axis said first and second segments sharing a common border interface, whereinsaid said first segment comprises an internal volume with refractive index nv selected from the group of a filling material, a void or a combination thereof, where said internal volume is tapered whereby it is possible to combine light from multiple fiber with reduced loss of brightness.
Abstract:
It is an object of the invention to provide a fibre coupler for coupling two or more light sources into a multi-clad (e.g. double clad) optical fibre, which has practical advantages with respect to handling, loss and back reflection. The invention provides an optical component comprising a) a first fibre having a pump core with an NA1, and a first fibre end; b) a number of second fibres surrounding said pump core of said first fibre, at least one of said second fibres has a pump core with an NA2 that is smaller than NA1, said number of second fibres each having a second fibre end; and c) a reflector element comprising an end-facet with a predetermined profile for reflecting light from at least one of said second fibre ends into the pump core of said first fibre. The invention further relates to articles comprising the optical component (e.g. a laser or amplifier), to methods of its production and use. The invention further relates to a rod-type optical fibre with optimized stiffness to volume ratio. The invention may e.g. be useful in applications such as fibre lasers or amplifiers, specifically optical fibre amplifiers where pump light and signal light are propagating in different directions within a double-clad optical fibre.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to waveguides for guiding and modulating long range surface plasmon polaritons (LR-SPPs). The guiding devices comprise a core stripe of e.g. metal of finite width embedded in a cladding such as a dielectric cladding. Particularly, in the waveguides of the invention, the complex propagation constant of the guided LR-SPP mode(s) can be dynamically adjusted by heating of the metal core leading to dissipation of heat into the surrounding dielectric material. The devices may be used in the construction of dynamic light guiding integrated components for optical telecommunication.