Abstract: The invention relates to: An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibres into one output fibre. The invention further relates to a method of fabricating and to the use of an optical coupler. The object of the present invention is to provide an optical coupler, which is relatively easy to manufacture.

Abstract: An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibers into one output fiber and a method of fabricating and use of an optical coupler. The coupler comprises a) an input section comprising an output end face at one end of the bundling-length of input fibers; and b) an output section comprising an output fiber comprising a confining region for confining light propagated in the input fibers and a surrounding cladding region and having an input end face; wherein the output end face of said input section is optically coupled to the input end face of the output section and at least the confining region of the output fiber is tapered down from a first cross sectional area at the input end face to a second, smaller cross sectional area over a tapering-length of the output fiber.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to coupling of light from one or more input waveguides to an output waveguide or output section of a waveguide having other physical dimensions and/or optical properties than the input waveguide or waveguides. The invention relates to an optical component in the form of a photonic crystal fiber for coupling light from one component/system with a given numerical aperture to another component/system with another numerical aperture. The invention further relates to methods of producing the optical component, and articles comprising the optical component, and to the use of the optical component. The invention further relates to an optical component comprising a bundle of input fibers that are tapered and fused together to form an input coupler e.g. for coupling light from several light sources into a single waveguide. The invention still further relates to the control of the spatial extension of a guided mode (e.g.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical fiber defining a longitudinal direction, the optical fiber comprising a core having a diameter larger than 10 ?m, 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: An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibers into one output fiber and a method of fabricating and use of an optical coupler. The coupler comprises a) an input section comprising an output end face at one end of the bundling-length of input fibers; and b) an output section comprising an output fiber comprising a confining region for confining light propagated in the input fibers and a surrounding cladding region and having an input end face; wherein the output end face of said input section is optically coupled to the input end face of the output section and at least the confining region of the output fiber is tapered down from a first cross sectional area at the input end face to a second, smaller cross sectional area over a tapering-length of the output fiber.

Abstract: A photonic crystal fiber includes a core region for propagating light in a longitudinal direction of the fiber, a cladding region surrounding the core region, the cladding region including micro-structural elements extending in the longitudinal direction. The cladding region further includes at least one stress element having a coefficient of thermal expansion ?T,SAP and extending in the longitudinal direction of the photonic crystal fiber, the stress element(s) being located in a cladding background material having a coefficient of thermal expansion ?T,cladback different from ?T,SAP. The location of the at least one stress element relative to the core region and the micro-structural elements and the coefficients of thermal expansion ?T,SAP and ?T,cladback are adapted to provide a stress induced birefringence in the core region of the photonic crystal fiber. An article includes a photonic crystal fiber, a method of manufacturing and the use of a photonic crystal fiber are furthermore provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to optical fibers and especially to optical fibers having microstructures in core and/or cladding region(s). The fibers may be utilized for dispersion compensation and non-linear applications.

Abstract: Micro-structured optical fibers are improved with respect to increasing the dispersion, both to large negative or large positive values, in a first fiber design in which the fiber has a micro-structured core region being surrounded by a micro-structured cladding region with cladding features being large compared to a predetermined wavelength of light, which can be guided through the fiber. Preferably, the effective index of refraction of the core region, Nco, is larger than the effective index of refraction of the cladding region, Ncl, at the predetermined wavelength of light. It is further preferred that the refractive index of one or more of the core features is lower than the refractive index of the core material.