US Patent Issued to Lumentum Operations on Feb. 17 for "Methods for optimizing graded index fiber length to improve image quality" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,703, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods for optimizing graded index fiber length to improve image quality" was invented by Richard D. Faulhaber (San Carlos, Calif.), Patrick Gregg (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Martin H. Muendel (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a fiber processing machine may receive an optical assembly comprising an input fiber, an output fiber, and a graded index fiber spliced between the input fiber and the output fiber, wherein the graded index fiber has a pitch length and a processed length. A light source may deliver input ligh...