AU2001261001A1 - Optical system including coupling for transmitting light between a single fiber light guide and multiple single fiber light guides - Google Patents

Optical system including coupling for transmitting light between a single fiber light guide and multiple single fiber light guides

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AU2001261001A1
AU2001261001A1 AU2001261001A AU6100101A AU2001261001A1 AU 2001261001 A1 AU2001261001 A1 AU 2001261001A1 AU 2001261001 A AU2001261001 A AU 2001261001A AU 6100101 A AU6100101 A AU 6100101A AU 2001261001 A1 AU2001261001 A1 AU 2001261001A1
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single fiber
fiber light
optical system
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Kenneth K. Li
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Cogent Light Technologues Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/04—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2808—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4298—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors, e.g. lamps, incandescent bulbs, scintillation chambers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
AU2001261001A 2000-04-03 2001-03-12 Optical system including coupling for transmitting light between a single fiber light guide and multiple single fiber light guides Abandoned AU2001261001A1 (en)

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US09/541,516 US6385371B1 (en) 2000-04-03 2000-04-03 Optical system including coupling for transmitting light between a single fiber light guide and multiple single fiber light guides
US09541516 2000-04-03
PCT/US2001/007789 WO2001075492A2 (en) 2000-04-03 2001-03-12 Optical system including coupler for transmitting light between a single fiber light guide and multiple single fiber light guides

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EP (1) EP1272879A2 (en)
JP (1) JP2003529793A (en)
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CN (1) CN1237359C (en)
AU (1) AU2001261001A1 (en)
BR (1) BR0109564A (en)
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