US Patent Issued to Universite Laval on March 18 for "Mid-infrared optical fibers with enhanced OH-diffusion resistance" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,718, issued on March 18, was assigned to Universite Laval (Quebec, Canada).

"Mid-infrared optical fibers with enhanced OH-diffusion resistance" was invented by Martin Bernier (Quebec, Canada), Real Vallee (Quebec, Canada), Souleymane Toubou Bah (Quebec, Canada), Vincent Fortin (Quebec, Canada), Frederic Maes (Quebec, Canada) and Yigit Ozan Aydin (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mid-infrared-transparent optical fiber products with enhanced resistance to OH diffusion are disclosed, which may be used fiber laser oscillator and amplifiers systems. In one embodiment, an optical fiber product may include optical fiber config...