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IQ receives US Patent for Right Angle Output Side Firing Fiber
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US Patent number 9,618,700 issued today as a stand alone utility patent covering three embodiments of right angle side fire fibers with 19 claims allowed. The invention is an outgrowth of InnovaQuartz new one-piece side firing fiber caps (Patented) where astigmatic distortion is exploited to permit exceeding the ~75 degree off-axis limit of competing technologies. Ironically, through purposeful distortion the invention produces an essentially distortion-free output as compared with the elliptical distortion suffered by lower angle emission devices. The invention also provided for rotation of the output beyond 90 degrees where there is a need for a back-firing fiber, but not...
IQ honored as Best Precision Fused Silica Component Manufacturer (2016)
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InnovaQuartz pioneered the use of carbon dioxide lasers for manipulating and machining fused quartz and fused silica glasses under computer control and microscopic imaging way back in 1991 when our founder, Stephen Griffin, gambled that his ideas would actually work and built the first laser system in his 80 square foot laundry room. Our first sale was 6 months after the first dollar was spent and we sold more than $1,000,000 in machined fused quartz and modified optical fibers in the first twelve months of operation. We have stayed well ahead of all competitors who tried to copy our...