Patent ID: 9494732
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G01L,G02B

Claim Text:
1. An optical waveguide, said waveguide comprising a primary section comprising a core, and said waveguide further comprising an outer cladding, wherein said primary section comprises a primary section surface and said outer cladding comprises an exterior surface mechanically attached to said primary section surface by means of an interior cladding structure forming a mechanical connection, and wherein said cladding structure is such that for at least part of a distance between each two radial corresponding points on said exterior surface and said primary section surface respectively a direct connection in a radial direction via the cladding structure is absent, such that said mechanical connection deviates from being radial, for in use deflecting a radial directed load on an exterior surface of said outer cladding by means of said cladding structure.