Low bend loss optical fiber
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Abstract
According to some embodiments a single mode fiber includes:
- a germania doped central core region having outer radius r1 and relative refractive index Δ1; anda cladding region comprising (i) a first inner cladding region having an outer radius r2>6 microns and relative refractive index Δ2 and 0.3≦r1/r2≦0.85; and (ii) a second inner cladding region having an outer radius r3>9 microns and comprising a minimum relative refractive index Δ3, wherein said second inner cladding region has at least one region with a relative refractive index delta that becomes more negative with increasing radius; and (iii) an outer cladding region surrounding the second inner cladding region and comprising relative refractive index Δ4, wherein Δ1>Δ2>Δ3, Δ3<Δ4.
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GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP | 2300 HARMON ROAD AUBURN HILLS MI 48326 |
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Berkey, George Edward | Pine City, US | 23 | 221 |
# of filed Patents : 23 Total Citations : 221 | |||
Bookbinder, Dana Craig | Corning, US | 345 | 5922 |
# of filed Patents : 345 Total Citations : 5922 | |||
Dawes, Steven Bruce | Corning, US | 49 | 368 |
# of filed Patents : 49 Total Citations : 368 | |||
Li, Ming-Jun | Horseheads, US | 376 | 5535 |
# of filed Patents : 376 Total Citations : 5535 | |||
Tandon, Pushkar | Painted Post, US | 303 | 2995 |
# of filed Patents : 303 Total Citations : 2995 | |||
Wang, Ji | Painted Post, US | 174 | 1378 |
# of filed Patents : 174 Total Citations : 1378 |
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US Patent No: 8325390
System and method to cue operator response in a manually-driven document scanner
Abstract
A document scanner and associated feedback mechanism are disclosed. The document scanner includes a document bed including a document positioning surface, and a scanning module slidably connected to the document bed, the scanning module manually movable across the document positioning surface. The document scanner further includes a feedback mechanism arranged to receive information about a speed of movement of the scanning module, and output a feedback signal to a user of the document scanner.
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