Patents by Inventor Man F. Yan
Man F. Yan 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).
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Patent number: 11336073Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising injecting light of a first wavelength ?1 into a wavelength division multiplexer; injecting light of a second wavelength ?2 into the wavelength division multiplexer; combining the light of the first wavelength ?1 and the light of the second wavelength ?2 in the wavelength division multiplexer to produce light of a third wavelength ?3; and reflecting the light of the third wavelength ?3 in a dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber that is in communication with the wavelength divisional multiplexer; wherein the dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber has at least two Brillouin peaks, such that an amplitude A1 of at least one of said Brillouin peaks is within 50% to 150% of an amplitude A2 of another Brillouin peak 0.5A2?A1?1.5A2; wherein the dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber generates a Brillouin dynamic grating that reflects an improved back-reflected Brillouin signal of the combined light.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Kyle R Bedard, Jie Li, Xiaoguang Sun, Man F Yan
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Patent number: 11161767Abstract: An optical preform manufacturing process is disclosed in which an alkali dopant is deposited between an optical fiber core rod and an optical fiber cladding jacket. Depositing the alkali dopant between the core rod and the cladding jacket permits diffusion of the alkali dopants into the core during fiber draw when the core and the cladding are at their respective transition (or vitrification) temperatures. Introduction of the alkali dopants between the core rod and the cladding jacket also permits decoupling of the alkali doping process from one or more of other optical preform manufacturing processes. The optical preform manufacturing process can also include placing alkali dopants between an optical fiber inner cladding jacket and an optical fiber outer cladding jacket to reduce the glass viscosity during fiber draw.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: David W. Peckham, Patrick W. Wisk, Man F. Yan
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Patent number: 11156769Abstract: A higher-order mode (HOM) fiber is configured as a polarization-maintaining fiber by including a pair of stress rods at a location within the cladding layer that provides for a sufficient degree of birefringence without unduly comprising the spatial mode profile of the propagating higher-order modes. An optical imaging system utilizing polarization-maintaining HOM fiber allows for different wavelength probe signals to be directed into different modes, useful in applications such as STED microscopy, 2D sensing, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Raja A Ahmad, Man F Yan, David J DiGiovanni
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Publication number: 20200176947Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising injecting light of a first wavelength ?1 into a wavelength division multiplexer; injecting light of a second wavelength ?2 into the wavelength division multiplexer; combining the light of the first wavelength ?1 and the light of the second wavelength ?2 in the wavelength division multiplexer to produce light of a third wavelength ?3; and reflecting the light of the third wavelength ?3 in a dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber that is in communication with the wavelength divisional multiplexer; wherein the dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber has at least two Brillouin peaks, such that an amplitude A1 of at least one of said Brillouin peaks is within 50% to 150% of an amplitude A2 of another Brillouin peak 0.5A2?A1?1.5A2; wherein the dual-Brillouin peak optical fiber generates a Brillouin dynamic grating that reflects an improved back-reflected Brillouin signal of the combined light.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Kyle R. Bedard, Jie Li, Xiaoguang Sun, Man F. Yan
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Publication number: 20200024176Abstract: An optical preform manufacturing process is disclosed in which an alkali dopant is deposited between an optical fiber core rod and an optical fiber cladding jacket. Depositing the alkali dopant between the core rod and the cladding jacket permits diffusion of the alkali dopants into the core during fiber draw when the core and the cladding are at their respective transition (or vitrification) temperatures. Introduction of the alkali dopants between the core rod and the cladding jacket also permits decoupling of the alkali doping process from one or more of other optical preform manufacturing processes. The optical preform manufacturing process can also include placing alkali dopants between an optical fiber inner cladding jacket and an optical fiber outer cladding jacket to reduce the glass viscosity during fiber draw.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: David W. Peckham, Patrick W. Wisk, Man F. Yan
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Publication number: 20190243061Abstract: A higher-order mode (HOM) fiber is configured as a polarization-maintaining fiber by including a pair of stress rods at a location within the cladding layer that provides for a sufficient degree of birefringence without unduly comprising the spatial mode profile of the propagating higher-order modes. An optical imaging system utilizing polarization-maintaining HOM fiber allows for different wavelength probe signals to be directed into different modes, useful in applications such as STED microscopy, 2D sensing, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Raja A. Ahmad, Man F. Yan, David J. DiGiovanni
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Patent number: 10261246Abstract: A higher-order mode (HOM) fiber is configured as a polarization-maintaining fiber by including a pair of stress rods at a location within the cladding layer that provides for a sufficient degree of birefringence without unduly comprising the spatial mode profile of the propagating higher-order modes. Long-period gratings are used as mode couplers at the input and output of the PM-HOM fiber, where the gratings are formed by exposing areas of the core region orthogonal to the position of the stress rods. The diameter of the stress rods (D) and displacement of the rods from the center of the core region (R1) are controlled to yield a configuration with an acceptable birefringence and polarization extinction ratio (PER) within the HOM fiber, even in situations where the fiber is bent (a bend radius less than 50 cm).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Raja A Ahmad, Man F Yan, David J DiGiovanni
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Patent number: 10259742Abstract: An optical fiber has a core region that is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured, such that, in a Raman spectrum with a frequency shift of approximately 600 cm?1, the fiber has a nanoscale structure having an integrated D2 line defect intensity of less than 0.025. Alternatively, the core region is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured such that the fiber has a residual axial compressive stress with a stress magnitude of more than 20 MPa and a stress radial extent between 2 and 7 times the core radius. According to another aspect of the invention a majority of the optical propagation through the fiber is supported by an identified group of fiber regions comprising the core region and one or more adjacent cladding regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Man F. Yan, Peter I. Borel, Tommy Geisler, Rasmus V. S. Jensen, Ole A. Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W. Peckham, Dennis J. Trevor, Patrick W. Wisk, Benyuan Zhu
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Patent number: 10197728Abstract: The core region of an optical fiber is doped with chlorine in a concentration that allows for the viscosity of the core region to be lowered, approaching the viscosity of the surrounding cladding. An annular interface region is disposed between the core and cladding and contains a concentration of fluorine dopant sufficient to match the viscosity of the core. By including this annular stress accommodation region, the cladding layer can be formed to include the relatively high concentration of fluorine required to provide the desired degree of optical signal confinement (i.e., forming a “low loss” optical fiber). The inclusion of the annular stress accommodation region allows for the formation of a large effective area optical fiber that exhibits low loss (i.e., <0.19 dB/km) in both the C-band and L-band transmission ranges.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Peter I Borel, Rasmus V. S. Jensen, Ole A Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W Peckham, Dennis J Trevor, Patrick W Wisk, Man F Yan
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Publication number: 20180251397Abstract: An optical fiber has a core region that is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured, such that, in a Raman spectrum with a frequency shift of approximately 600 cm?1, the fiber has a nanoscale structure having an integrated D2 line defect intensity of less than 0.025. Alternatively, the core region is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured such that the fiber has a residual axial compressive stress with a stress magnitude of more than 20 MPa and a stress radial extent between 2 and 7 times the core radius. According to another aspect of the invention a majority of the optical propagation through the fiber is supported by an identified group of fiber regions comprising the core region and one or more adjacent cladding regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Man F. Yan, Peter I. Borel, Tommy Geisler, Rasmus V.S Jensen, Ole A. Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W. Peckham, Dennis J. Trevor, Patrick W. Wisk, Benyuan Zhu
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Publication number: 20180164499Abstract: A higher-order mode (HOM) fiber is configured as a polarization-maintaining fiber by including a pair of stress rods at a location within the cladding layer that provides for a sufficient degree of birefringence without unduly comprising the spatial mode profile of the propagating higher-order modes. Long-period gratings are used as mode couplers at the input and output of the PM-HOM fiber, where the gratings are formed by exposing areas of the core region orthogonal to the position of the stress rods. The diameter of the stress rods (D) and displacement of the rods from the center of the core region (R1) are controlled to yield a configuration with an acceptable birefringence and polarization extinction ratio (PER) within the HOM fiber, even in situations where the fiber is bent (a bend radius less than 50 cm).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Raja E Ahmad, Man F Yan, David J DiGiovanni
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Patent number: 9946014Abstract: An optical pedestal fiber is configured to be taperable to form a tapered fiber having a mode field diameter at the tapered end that differs from the mode field diameter at the untapered end in correspondence with the difference between the cladding diameter at the tapered end and the cladding diameter at the untapered end. A plurality of such pedestal fibers can be used to construct a tapered fiber bundle coupler that provides matching of both core pitch and mode field diameter between a plurality of input fibers and individual cores of a multicore fiber. Further, the tapered fiber bundle coupler can be constructed using a plurality of fibers, in which individual fibers are configured to have different effective refractive indices, thereby suppressing crosstalk therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Kazi S. Abedin, Thierry F. Taunay, Man F. Yan, Benyuan Zhu
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Patent number: 9919955Abstract: An optical fiber has a core region that is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured, such that, in a Raman spectrum with a frequency shift of approximately 600 cm?1, the fiber has a nanoscale structure having an integrated D2 line defect intensity of less than 0.025. Alternatively, the core region is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured such that the fiber has a residual axial compressive stress with a stress magnitude of more than 20 MPa and a stress radial extent between 2 and 7 times the core radius. According to another aspect of the invention a majority of the optical propagation through the fiber is supported by an identified group of fiber regions comprising the core region and one or more adjacent cladding regions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Man F Yan, Peter I Borel, Tommy Geisler, Rasmus V Jensen, Ole A Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W Peckham, Dennis J Trevor, Patrick W Wisk, Benyuan Zhu
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Patent number: 9709732Abstract: Described is a technique for the design and manufacture of MMFs. Designs are implemented so as to limit the maximum variation in z(r, ?) with respect to wavelength, where z(r, ?) is the dielectric constant weighted by the square of the wavelength. MMFs for use in CWDM applications are specifically described.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Kasyapa Balemarthy, James W Fleming, Jinkee Kim, Robert L Lingle, Jr., Roman Shubochkin, Durgesh Vaidya, Man F Yan
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Patent number: 9658395Abstract: The core region of an optical fiber is doped with chlorine in a concentration that allows for the viscosity of the core region to be lowered, approaching the viscosity of the surrounding cladding. An annular interface region is disposed between the core and cladding and contains a concentration of fluorine dopant sufficient to match the viscosity of the core. By including this annular stress accommodation region, the cladding layer can be formed to include the relatively high concentration of fluorine required to provide the desired degree of optical signal confinement (i.e., forming a “low loss” optical fiber).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Peter I Borel, Rasmus V. S. Jensen, Ole A Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W Peckham, Dennis J Trevor, Patrick W Wisk, Man F Yan
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Patent number: 9574950Abstract: An optical fiber-based sensor is described that is suitable for operation in a gas-rich environment. The sensor comprises a chamber into which are mounted one or more segments of optical fiber, into which are inscribed a plurality of sensor gratings. Each of the plurality of sensor gratings is configured to have the same wavelength shift over time in response to a change in gas diffusion, such that gas diffusion parameters are excluded in the determination of the respective amount of change in temperature, applied strain, and gas diffusion. Also described is a fiber, and techniques for making same, comprising of cores extend through a common cladding. The cores are doped so as to create, in conjunction with the cladding, a plurality of waveguides having the same wavelength shift over time is response to a change in gas diffusion, but different wavelength shifts in response to changes in other parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Matthew J Andrejco, David J Kudelko, Yaowen Li, Man F Yan
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Publication number: 20170022094Abstract: An optical fiber has a core region that is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured, such that, in a Raman spectrum with a frequency shift of approximately 600 cm?, the fiber has a nanoscale structure having an integrated D2 line defect intensity of less than 0.025. Alternatively, the core region is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured such that the fiber has a residual axial compressive stress with a stress magnitude of more than 20 MPa and a stress radial extent between 2 and 7 times the core radius. According to another aspect of the invention a majority of the optical propagation through the fiber is supported by an identified group of fiber regions comprising the core region and one or more adjacent cladding regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Man F. Yan, Peter I. Borel, Tommy Geisler, Rasmus V. Jensen, Ole A. Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W. Peckham, Dennis J. Trevor, Patrick W. Wisk, Benyuan Zhu
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Publication number: 20160370540Abstract: Described is a technique for the design and manufacture of MMFs. Designs are implemented so as to limit the maximum variation in z(r, ?) with respect to wavelength, where z(r, ?) is the dielectric constant weighted by the square of the wavelength. MMFs for use in CWDM applications are specifically described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Kasyapa Balemarthy, James W Fleming, Jinkee Kim, Robert L Lingle, Jr., Roman Shubochkin, Durgesh Vaidya, Man F Yan
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Publication number: 20160170137Abstract: The core region of an optical fiber is doped with chlorine in a concentration that allows for the viscosity of the core region to be lowered, approaching the viscosity of the surrounding cladding. An annular interface region is disposed between the core and cladding and contains a concentration of fluorine dopant sufficient to match the viscosity of the core. By including this annular stress accommodation region, the cladding layer can be formed to include the relatively high concentration of fluorine required to provide the desired degree of optical signal confinement (i.e., forming a “low loss” optical fiber). The inclusion of the annular stress accommodation region allows for the formation of a large effective area optical fiber that exhibits low loss (i.e., <0.19 dB/km) in both the C-band and L-band transmission ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Peter I. Borel, Rasmus V.S. Jensen, Ole A. Levring, Jorgen Ostgaard Olsen, David W. Peckham, Dennis J. Trevor, Patrick W. Wisk, Man F. Yan
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Patent number: 9329335Abstract: Described is a design approach to fabricating broadband graded-index multimode fibers where the concentration profile of at least one dopant in the core region includes at least one flat-zone. Designs for use in CWDM applications are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventors: Kasyapa Balemarthy, Roman Shubochkin, Durgesh S Vaidya, Man F Yan