Patents by Inventor Falk WIRTH

Falk WIRTH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9164229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bend insensitive gradient index multi-mode light conducting fiber comprising a leakage mode dependent optical core diameter that is uniform over its length and a numerical aperture that is uniform over its length, wherein for a light wavelength of 850 nm and an overfilled launch (OFL), the optical core diameter for a fiber length in a range between 2 m and 100 m decreases by less than 5% and the numerical aperture decreases by less than 2.5% and the curvature related attenuation increase for two turns and a curvature radius of 7.5 mm is less than 0.2 db.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: J-FIBER GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hämmerle, Christian Genz, Lothar Brehm, Falk Wirth
  • Publication number: 20140334787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bend insensitive gradient index multi-mode light conducting fiber comprising a leakage mode dependent optical core diameter that is uniform over its length and a numerical aperture that is uniform over its length, a core (1), an inner cladding (2), a refraction index trench (3) and an outer cladding (4), wherein the core (1) includes a core radius R1, an alpha-refraction index profile and a core refraction index difference dn1 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the refraction index trench (3) includes a refraction index trench radius R3 and a trench refraction index difference dn3 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the outer cladding (4) includes an outer cladding radius R4 and a refraction index between 1.40 and 1.55, wherein for a light wavelength of 850 nm and a full core excitation (OFL), the optical core diameter for a fiber length in a range between 2 m and 300 m decreases by less than 5% and the numeric aperture decreases by less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang HÄMMERLE, Harald HEIN, Christian GENZ, Lothar BREHM, Falk WIRTH
  • Patent number: 8805145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bend insensitive gradient index multimode light conducting fiber comprising a leakage mode dependent optical core diameter that is uniform over its length and numerical aperture that is uniform over its length, a core (1), an inner cladding (2), a refraction index trench (3) and an outer cladding (4), wherein the core (1) includes a core radius R1, an alpha-refraction index profile and a core refraction index difference dn1 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the refraction index trench (3) includes a refraction index trench radius R3 and a trench refraction index difference dn3 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the outer cladding (4) includes an outer cladding radius R4 and a refraction index between 1.40 and 1.55, wherein for a light wavelength of 850 nm and an overfilled launch (OFL), the optical core diameter for a fiber length in a range between 2 m and 300 m decreases by less than 5% and the numerical aperture decreases by less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: J-Fiber GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hämmerle, Harald Hein, Christian Genz, Lothar Brehm, Falk Wirth
  • Publication number: 20130230289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bend insensitive gradient index multimode light conducting fiber comprising a leakage mode dependent optical core diameter that is uniform over its length and a numerical aperture that is uniform over its length, a core (1), an inner cladding (2), a refraction index trench (3) and an outer cladding (4), wherein the core (1) includes a core radius R1, an alpha-refraction index profile and a core refraction index difference dn1 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the refraction index trench (3) includes a refraction index trench radius R3 and a trench refraction index difference dn3 with respect to the outer cladding (4), wherein the outer cladding (4) includes an outer cladding radius R4 and a refraction index between 1.40 and 1.55, wherein for a light wavelength of 850 nm and an overfilled launch (OFL), the optical core diameter for a fiber length in a range between 2 m and 300 m decreases by less than 5% and the numerical aperture decreases by less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: J-FIBER GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang HÄMMERLE, Harald HEIN, Christian GENZ, Lothar BREHM, Falk WIRTH