AU6271690A - Apparatus for manufacturing fibre coupler arrays - Google Patents

Apparatus for manufacturing fibre coupler arrays

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Publication number
AU6271690A
AU6271690A AU62716/90A AU6271690A AU6271690A AU 6271690 A AU6271690 A AU 6271690A AU 62716/90 A AU62716/90 A AU 62716/90A AU 6271690 A AU6271690 A AU 6271690A AU 6271690 A AU6271690 A AU 6271690A
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Prior art keywords
fibre coupler
manufacturing fibre
coupler arrays
arrays
manufacturing
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Abandoned
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AU62716/90A
Inventor
Simon Thomas Nicholls
Adrian Howard Studd
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British Telecommunications PLC
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British Telecommunications PLC
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Publication of AU6271690A publication Critical patent/AU6271690A/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)
AU62716/90A 1989-09-13 1990-08-09 Apparatus for manufacturing fibre coupler arrays Abandoned AU6271690A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB898920732A GB8920732D0 (en) 1989-09-13 1989-09-13 Apparatus for manufacturing fibre coupler arrays
GB8920732 1989-09-13

Publications (1)

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AU6271690A true AU6271690A (en) 1991-04-18

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AU62716/90A Abandoned AU6271690A (en) 1989-09-13 1990-08-09 Apparatus for manufacturing fibre coupler arrays

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CN (1) CN1050264A (en)
AU (1) AU6271690A (en)
GB (1) GB8920732D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1991004232A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2004279759A (en) * 2003-03-17 2004-10-07 Ykk Corp Optical fiber coupler, its manufacturing method and apparatus
US9274299B2 (en) * 2012-08-29 2016-03-01 International Business Machines Corporation Modular optical backplane and enclosure

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU569803B2 (en) * 1984-09-06 1988-02-18 Hitachi Limited Optical fibre star coupler
US4869570A (en) * 1987-02-21 1989-09-26 Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation Fiber coupler and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same

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CN1050264A (en) 1991-03-27
GB8920732D0 (en) 1989-10-25
WO1991004232A1 (en) 1991-04-04

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