HIGH POWER LOW-LOSS FIBER WAVEGUIDE - Patent 1579252

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EP 1 579 252 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.11.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	28.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/39

(21)	Application number: 03796927.6

(22)	Date of filing: 10.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02B 6/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/039344

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/052078 (24.06.2004 Gazette 2004/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

10.12.2002 US 432059 P

(71)	Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
	Cambridge, MA 02142-1324 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BENOIT, Gilles Cambrige, MA 02138 (US) FINK, Yoel Cambridge, MA 02142 (US) JOANNOPOULOS, John, D. Belmont, MA 02478 (US) HART, Shandon Cambridge, MA 02139 (US) TEMELKURAN, Burak Boston, MA 02115 (US)

(74)	Representative: Epping - Hermann - Fischer
	Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Ridlerstrasse 55 80339 München 80339 München (DE)

(54)	HIGH POWER LOW-LOSS FIBER WAVEGUIDE