CA1154136A - Optical power divider - Google Patents

Optical power divider

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Publication number
CA1154136A
CA1154136A CA000349579A CA349579A CA1154136A CA 1154136 A CA1154136 A CA 1154136A CA 000349579 A CA000349579 A CA 000349579A CA 349579 A CA349579 A CA 349579A CA 1154136 A CA1154136 A CA 1154136A
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Prior art keywords
power divider
grating
lambda
optical power
optical
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CA000349579A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Hans Dammann
Ulrich Killat
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804Optical 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
    • G02B6/2848Optical 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 having refractive means, e.g. imaging elements between light guides as splitting, branching and/or combining devices, e.g. lenses, holograms

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Diffracting Gratings Or Hologram Optical Elements (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Spectrometry And Color Measurement (AREA)
CA000349579A 1979-04-21 1980-04-10 Optical power divider Expired CA1154136A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE19792916184 DE2916184A1 (de) 1979-04-21 1979-04-21 Optischer leistungsteiler
DEP2916184.0 1979-04-21

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CA1154136A true CA1154136A (en) 1983-09-20

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US (1) US4626069A (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS55156904A (en, 2012)
CA (1) CA1154136A (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE2916184A1 (en, 2012)
FR (1) FR2454633A1 (en, 2012)
GB (1) GB2049218B (en, 2012)
SE (1) SE446667B (en, 2012)

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FR2454633A1 (fr) 1980-11-14
SE446667B (sv) 1986-09-29
JPS55156904A (en) 1980-12-06
SE8002907L (sv) 1980-10-22
DE2916184A1 (de) 1980-10-30
US4626069A (en) 1986-12-02
GB2049218B (en) 1983-03-30
GB2049218A (en) 1980-12-17
FR2454633B1 (en, 2012) 1982-01-15
DE2916184C2 (en, 2012) 1990-08-02

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