Patents Assigned to CorActive High-Tech Inc.
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Publication number: 20210184418Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber is provided. The method involves providing a fiber preform with an active core and a pump-guiding cladding, and assembling one or more side rods to the fiber preform. The side rods extend longitudinally along an outer surface of the pump-guiding cladding. The resulting fiber preform assembly is drawn into the optical fiber. Each side rod defines a longitudinal protrusion extending along the optical fiber. Each longitudinal protrusion may have a cross-section forming a middle bump projecting radially away from the outer surface of the pump-guiding cladding and smooth transition regions with this outer surface of the pump-guiding cladding on opposite sides of the middle bump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventors: Bertrand MORASSE, Yann VASSEUR, David FORTIN-MAGNAN
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Patent number: 9945985Abstract: There is provided a method for making an optical element having a textured surface. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a plurality of primary optical fiber segments, each primary fiber segment comprising one or more cores; b) bundling the primary fiber segments into an assembly with the cores of said primary fiber segments extending parallely; c) transforming the assembly into a secondary structure comprising the parallely extending cores; and d) etching a surface of the secondary structure according to an etch profile of said secondary structure, the etch profile being defined by the parallely extending cores, thereby forming the textured surface of the optical element. An optical element having a textured surface is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH, INC.Inventor: Bertrand Morasse
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Patent number: 9880355Abstract: The present relates to a spatially modulated cladding mode stripper and to an optical fiber comprising a spatially modulated cladding mode stripper. The spatially modulated cladding mode stripper comprises a series of alternating high cladding light extracting regions and low cladding light extracting regions located along a portion of a cladding to modulate extracting of cladding light therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventors: Marc-André Lapointe, Serge Doucet, Jean-Noel Maran
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Publication number: 20160202419Abstract: The present relates to a spatially modulated cladding mode stripper and to an optical fiber comprising a spatially modulated cladding mode stripper. The spatially modulated cladding mode stripper comprises a series of alternating high cladding light extracting regions and low cladding light extracting regions located along a portion of a cladding to modulate extracting of cladding light therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2013Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventors: Marc-André LAPOINTE, Serge DOUCET, Jean-Noel MARAN
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Patent number: 8718430Abstract: A double clad optical fiber having a portion extending along its length along which an outer waveguide cladding and a protective jacket are absent and having faces of the second waveguide cladding at two lengthwisely opposite ends, wherein a water impervious sealant is applied to impede lengthwise diffusion of water through the faces of the second waveguide cladding.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Coractive High-Tech Inc.Inventor: Stéphane Chatigny
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Patent number: 8542971Abstract: A package for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from an optical fiber component of a device is provided. The package includes a heat sink packaging receptacle for accommodating the optical fiber component having a cavity for receiving a temperature sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to one aspect, the package may include a power-dissipative material for dissipating heat power or optical power, the power-dissipative material extending within the cavity and surrounding the temperature-sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to another aspect, the package may include at least one channel extending between the cavity and an end of the heat sink packaging receptacle, the channel being in intimate contact with the cladding of the optical fiber component for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from the optical fiber component.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Coractive High-Tech Inc.Inventor: Stéphane Chatigny
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Publication number: 20130071082Abstract: The polarization maintaining optical fiber, or preform therefore, can be of the panda type with a pedestal based on a multi-component silica glass doped with a thermal-expansion-coefficient-reducing dopant which can counteracts the thermal-expansion-coefficient-increasing side-effect of the refractive index-increasing dopant, such that when the preform is drilled to make the stress member channel in a heterogeneous region having both a pedestal portion and a cladding portion, the thermal expansion coefficients are sufficiently close to manage damage which could otherwise be caused by uneven thermal expansion caused by drilling heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventors: Eric Gagnon, Christophe Lafond, Bertrand Morasse, Stéphane Chatigny
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Publication number: 20120321264Abstract: A double clad optical fiber having a portion extending along its length along which an outer waveguide cladding and a protective jacket are absent and having faces of the second waveguide cladding at two lengthwisely opposite ends, wherein a water impervious sealant is applied to impede lengthwise diffusion of water through the faces of the second waveguide claddingType: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventor: Stéphane Chatigny
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Patent number: 8270445Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided which includes a gain medium having an optically-active phosphosilicate glass, wherein the phosphosilicate glass includes at least one active ion dopant and from about 1 to 30 mol % of phosphorus oxide. The phosphorous oxide may be present in an effective amount for reducing any photodarkening effect and increasing the saturation energy of the system. The active ion dopant may be a rare earth dopant. The light-emitting device may include an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide including the gain medium. The optical waveguide may have a core and at least one cladding, and the gain medium having the phosphosilicate glass may be found in the core and/or in one of the cladding.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Coractive High-Tech IncInventors: Bertrand Morasse, Jean-Philippe De Sandro, Eric Gagnon, Stephane Chatigny
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Patent number: 8055115Abstract: An optically active glass and an optical fiber comprising such glass, having reduced photodarkening properties are provided. The optically active glass is mainly composed of silica representing from about 50 to 98 mol % of the glass. It also includes at least one active ion, such as a rear-earth ion, which induces a photodarkening effect in optical properties of the glass. Moreover, the glass includes an effective amount of phosphorus oxide providing the photodarkening reducing effect, preferably in an amount of from about 1 to 30 mol %. A method for reducing a photodarkening effect in optical properties of an optically active glass including the step of introducing phosphorus oxide to the glass is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Coractive High-Tech Inc.Inventors: Bertrand Morasse, Jean-Philippe De Sandro, Eric Gagnon
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Publication number: 20110110625Abstract: A package for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from an optical fiber component of a device is provided. The package includes a heat sink packaging receptacle for accommodating the optical fiber component having a cavity for receiving a temperature sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to one aspect, the package may include a power-dissipative material for dissipating heat power or optical power, the power-dissipative material extending within the cavity and surrounding the temperature-sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to another aspect, the package may include at least one channel extending between the cavity and an end of the heat sink packaging receptacle, the channel being in intimate contact with the cladding of the optical fiber component for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from the optical fiber component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INC.Inventor: Stéphane Chatigny
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Publication number: 20100202481Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided which includes a gain medium having an optically-active phosphosilicate glass, wherein the phosphosilicate glass includes at least one active ion dopant and from about 1 to 30 mol % of phosphorus oxide. The phosphorous oxide may be present in an effective amount for reducing any photodarkening effect and increasing the saturation energy of the system. The active ion dopant may be a rare earth dopant. The light-emitting device may include an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide including the gain medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INCInventors: Bertrand Morasse, Jean-Philippe De Sandro, Eric Gagnon, Stephane Chatigny
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Publication number: 20090011233Abstract: An optically active glass and an optical fiber comprising such glass, having reduced photodarkening properties are provided. The optically active glass is mainly composed of silica representing from about 50 to 98 mol % of the glass. It also includes at least one active ion, such as a rear-earth ion, which induces a photodarkening effect in optical properties of the glass. Moreover, the glass includes an effective amount of phosphorus oxide providing the photodarkening reducing effect, preferably in an amount of from about 1 to 30 mol %. A method for reducing a photodarkening effect in optical properties of an optically active glass including the step of introducing phosphorus oxide to the glass is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: CORACTIVE HIGH-TECH INCInventors: Bertrand MORASSE, Jean-Philippe De Sandro, Eric Gagnon, Stephane Chatigny
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Patent number: 7046902Abstract: A large mode field diameter optical fiber is disclosed. It is a single mode optical fiber which has a core and a cladding. The core of this fiber has two regions, an inner core region and an outer core region which has a refractive index lower than that of the inner core region. The inner core region is doped with a rare-earth element, such as Er2O3, and a co-dopant, such as Al2O3, and the outer core region is doped with a dopant such as GeO2. The types and amounts of the dopants and co-dopants are adjusted to obtain a fiber with a mode field diameter greater than 5.5 ?m at a wavelength of 1550 nm.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: CorActive High-Tech Inc.Inventors: Jean-Philippe De Sandro, Stephane Chatigny, Eric Gagnon, François Chenard