Patents by Inventor Zagorka D. Gaeta

Zagorka D. Gaeta 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).

  • Reduction of bend loss through constraint of optical fiber parameters
    Patent number: 6477297
    Abstract: A method of assembling an optical system includes the steps of: (i) selecting, from a plurality of optical fibers characterized by a common nominal cut-off wavelength &lgr;cn and an actual cut-off wavelength &lgr;c such that the cut-off wavelength &lgr;c of each one of this plurality of fibers is the same as the nominal cut-off wavelength &lgr;cn or differs slightly from the nominal cut-off wavelength due to manufacturing tolerances, only fibers with &lgr;c>&lgr;min, where &lgr;min is a predetermined minimum acceptable cut-off wavelength of the selected fibers; and (ii) bending at least one section of at least one of these selected fibers such that this bent section has a bend radius R, where 12 mm<R<18 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffery A. DeMeritt, Zagorka D. Gaeta, Peter G. Wigley