FIBRE OPTIC CABLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

The present technology relates generally to fibre optic cables their manufacture and uses. The technology has useful applications e.g. in the field of optical measurements such as biochemical laboratory instrumentation for measuring properties of samples on microtitration plates and corresponding sample supports. The technology has also applications in various laser technologies. The object of the technology is achieved by providing a fibre optic cable wherein an active surface with a determined form is provided at a first optical interface at the first end (451a, 451b) of the cable. The first end of the cable is fused into an exemplary circular form, the fused cable end including fibre ends both within the active surface and outside the active surface. At the opposite, second end of the cable, those fibres which have their first ends at the determined active surface area, are used for forming a second optical interface (452a, 452b). This way it is possible to have high transmission efficiency in optical interfaces where other than circular cross section of the light beam exists.