ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,517, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Optoskand AB (Molndal, Sweden).
"Terminated hollow-core fiber with endcap" was invented by Stuart Campbell (Lindome, Sweden), Rasmus Kihlberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Mats Blomqvist (Savedalen, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminated hollow-core optical fiber includes a capillary, a hollow-core optical fiber including a structured cladding, and an endcap. A first end of the hollow-core optical fiber terminates inside the capillary a non-zero distance away from a first end face of the capillary. The hollow-core optical fiber is adhered to the capillary at a second end face of the capi...