CA1209833A - Method and apparatus for fiber optic coupling - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for fiber optic coupling

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CA1209833A
CA1209833A CA000416758A CA416758A CA1209833A CA 1209833 A CA1209833 A CA 1209833A CA 000416758 A CA000416758 A CA 000416758A CA 416758 A CA416758 A CA 416758A CA 1209833 A CA1209833 A CA 1209833A
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elements
pair
signal
fibers
optical
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Gordon L. Mitchell
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Honeywell Inc
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Honeywell 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
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S359/00—Optical: systems and elements
    • Y10S359/90—Methods

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
CA000416758A 1981-12-17 1982-12-01 Method and apparatus for fiber optic coupling Expired CA1209833A (en)

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US331,865 1981-12-17
US06/331,865 US4473271A (en) 1981-12-17 1981-12-17 Method and apparatus for fiber optic coupling

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US (1) US4473271A (OSRAM)
EP (1) EP0082430B1 (OSRAM)
JP (2) JPS58111012A (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1209833A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE3280073D1 (OSRAM)

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EP0082430A3 (en) 1986-06-11
JPH0177607U (OSRAM) 1989-05-25
EP0082430B1 (en) 1989-12-27
EP0082430A2 (en) 1983-06-29
DE3280073D1 (de) 1990-02-01
US4473271A (en) 1984-09-25
JPS58111012A (ja) 1983-07-01

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