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METHODS FOR COUPLING OPTICAL FIBERS TO OPTICAL CHIPS WITH HIGH YIELD AND LOW-LOSS

  • US 20190331868A1
  • Filed: 01/17/2018
  • Published: 10/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An optical fiber ribbon cable comprising:

  • a plurality of thermally expandable core (TEC) optical fibers formed in a ribbon, each TEC optical fiber comprising a first end, a second end couplable to another optical fiber, and an optical core extending between the first end and the second end;

    wherein the optical core of each TEC optical fiber has a first diameter at the first end and a second diameter at the second end, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter; and

    wherein the optical core of each TEC optical fiber includes a tapered core section having a wide end between the first end and the second end of the TEC optical fiber.

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