AU4732179A - An optical fibre coupler - Google Patents

An optical fibre coupler

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Publication number
AU4732179A
AU4732179A AU47321/79A AU4732179A AU4732179A AU 4732179 A AU4732179 A AU 4732179A AU 47321/79 A AU47321/79 A AU 47321/79A AU 4732179 A AU4732179 A AU 4732179A AU 4732179 A AU4732179 A AU 4732179A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
optical fibre
fibre coupler
coupler
optical
fibre
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Abandoned
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AU47321/79A
Inventor
Terry Bricheno
Jeffrey Graham Farrington
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International Standard Electric Corp
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International Standard Electric Corp
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Application filed by International Standard Electric Corp filed Critical International Standard Electric Corp
Publication of AU4732179A publication Critical patent/AU4732179A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G02B6/2856—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 formed or shaped by thermal heating means, e.g. splitting, branching and/or combining elements
    • 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
    • G02B6/2821—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G02B6/2835—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
AU47321/79A 1978-05-31 1979-05-23 An optical fibre coupler Abandoned AU4732179A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2477878 1978-05-31
GB2477878A GB1596869A (en) 1978-05-31 1978-05-31 Directional coupler for optical fibre systems

Publications (1)

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AU4732179A true AU4732179A (en) 1979-12-06

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AU47321/79A Abandoned AU4732179A (en) 1978-05-31 1979-05-23 An optical fibre coupler

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AU (1) AU4732179A (en)
DE (1) DE2920851A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1596869A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU633927B2 (en) * 1989-06-13 1993-02-11 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for producing a star coupler from polymer optical waveguides

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5121452A (en) * 1990-06-01 1992-06-09 Aster Corporation Fiber optic power splitter

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU633927B2 (en) * 1989-06-13 1993-02-11 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for producing a star coupler from polymer optical waveguides

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB1596869A (en) 1981-09-03
DE2920851A1 (en) 1979-12-13

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