AU6521896A - Device for connecting optical fibres - Google Patents

Device for connecting optical fibres

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Publication number
AU6521896A
AU6521896A AU65218/96A AU6521896A AU6521896A AU 6521896 A AU6521896 A AU 6521896A AU 65218/96 A AU65218/96 A AU 65218/96A AU 6521896 A AU6521896 A AU 6521896A AU 6521896 A AU6521896 A AU 6521896A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
optical fibres
connecting optical
fibres
optical
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Abandoned
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AU65218/96A
Inventor
Pascal Maurice Marie-Bernard Bouyer
Franck Remi Yves Dominique Chopin
Michel Louis Romain Dillat
Laurent Raymond Rittener-Ruff
Elie Zajac
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Proptic
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Proptic
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Publication of AU6521896A publication Critical patent/AU6521896A/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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3809—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3801—Permanent connections, i.e. wherein fibres are kept aligned by mechanical means
    • G02B6/3806—Semi-permanent connections, i.e. wherein the mechanical means keeping the fibres aligned allow for removal of the 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
    • G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
    • G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type
    • G02B6/382—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type with index-matching medium between light guides
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
    • G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
AU65218/96A 1995-07-03 1996-07-03 Device for connecting optical fibres Abandoned AU6521896A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR9507987 1995-07-03
FR9507987A FR2736442B1 (en) 1995-07-03 1995-07-03 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS
PCT/FR1996/001037 WO1997002500A1 (en) 1995-07-03 1996-07-03 Device for connecting optical fibres

Publications (1)

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AU6521896A true AU6521896A (en) 1997-02-05

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AU65218/96A Abandoned AU6521896A (en) 1995-07-03 1996-07-03 Device for connecting optical fibres

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FR (1) FR2736442B1 (en)
WO (1) WO1997002500A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2400326A1 (en) * 2003-11-19 2011-12-28 Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd. Optical connection structure and optical connection method

Family Cites Families (5)

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NL7705841A (en) * 1977-05-27 1978-11-29 Philips Nv DEVICE WITH WHICH LIGHT-CONDUCTIVE FIBERS ARE COUPLED
JPS55144204A (en) * 1979-04-27 1980-11-11 Furukawa Electric Co Ltd:The Aligning and holding method of optical fiber end
US4730892A (en) * 1986-03-17 1988-03-15 Northern Telecom Limited Optical fiber mechanical splice
US4923274A (en) * 1989-06-26 1990-05-08 Siecor Corporation Connector for optical fibers
US5155781A (en) * 1991-09-06 1992-10-13 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Multiple optical fiber splice with sealing end covers

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FR2736442A1 (en) 1997-01-10
FR2736442B1 (en) 1997-08-22
WO1997002500A1 (en) 1997-01-23

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