Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical power monitoring device and laser apparatus
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Application No.: US15950304Application Date: 2018-04-11
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Publication No.: US10404032B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Hisatada Machida , Hiroshi Takigawa
- Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Yamanashi
- Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yamanashi
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2017-083790 20170420
- Main IPC: H01S3/13
- IPC: H01S3/13 ; H01S3/131 ; G02B6/255 ; G02B6/42 ; H01S3/23 ; H01S3/00 ; H01S3/10 ; G02B6/26

Abstract:
An optical power monitoring device detects an optical power propagating through an optical fiber including at least a core and a cladding. The optical power monitoring device includes: a first optical fiber; a second optical fiber having a larger core diameter than the first optical fiber; a connection part where an end surface of the first optical fiber and an end surface of the second optical fiber are spliced; a first leakage part for leakage of a beam from the first optical fiber to the outside; a second leakage part for leakage of a beam from the second optical fiber to the outside; a first photodetector that detects an optical power leaking from the first leakage part; and a second photodetector that detects an optical power leaking from the second leakage part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180309262A1 OPTICAL POWER MONITORING DEVICE AND LASER APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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