Separating and combining single-mode and multimode optical beams
Abstract
Techniques for combining initially separate single mode and multimode optical beams into a single "Dual Mode" fiber optic have been developed. Bi-directional propagation of two beams that are differentiated only by their mode profiles (i.e., wavefront conditions) is provided. The beams can be different wavelengths and or contain different modulation information but still share a common aperture. This method allows the use of conventional micro optics and hybrid photonic packaging techniques to produce small rugged packages suitable for use in industrial or military environments.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1107891
- Patent Number(s):
- 8582936
- Application Number:
- 13/071,382
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Ruggiero, Anthony J, Masquelier, Donald A, Cooke, Jeffery B, and Kallman, Jeffery S. Separating and combining single-mode and multimode optical beams. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web.
Ruggiero, Anthony J, Masquelier, Donald A, Cooke, Jeffery B, & Kallman, Jeffery S. Separating and combining single-mode and multimode optical beams. United States.
Ruggiero, Anthony J, Masquelier, Donald A, Cooke, Jeffery B, and Kallman, Jeffery S. Tue .
"Separating and combining single-mode and multimode optical beams". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1107891.
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title = {Separating and combining single-mode and multimode optical beams},
author = {Ruggiero, Anthony J and Masquelier, Donald A and Cooke, Jeffery B and Kallman, Jeffery S},
abstractNote = {Techniques for combining initially separate single mode and multimode optical beams into a single "Dual Mode" fiber optic have been developed. Bi-directional propagation of two beams that are differentiated only by their mode profiles (i.e., wavefront conditions) is provided. The beams can be different wavelengths and or contain different modulation information but still share a common aperture. This method allows the use of conventional micro optics and hybrid photonic packaging techniques to produce small rugged packages suitable for use in industrial or military environments.},
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