Patent ID: 11867943
Assignee: SPECTRA WAVE, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C  A | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a probe comprising an optical fiber comprising:
a first waveguide;
an attenuating cladding disposed around the first waveguide;
a second waveguide disposed around the attenuating cladding, and

a rotary junction in optical communication with the optical fiber and physically connected to the probe,
wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are each constructed, sized, and shaped to transmit light for a sample characterization technique and the attenuating cladding is constructed, sized, and shaped to completely attenuate any of the light that propagates between the first waveguide and the second waveguide into the attenuating cladding.