CA1321090C - Passive optical device - Google Patents

Passive optical device

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CA1321090C
CA1321090C CA000605667A CA605667A CA1321090C CA 1321090 C CA1321090 C CA 1321090C CA 000605667 A CA000605667 A CA 000605667A CA 605667 A CA605667 A CA 605667A CA 1321090 C CA1321090 C CA 1321090C
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fibers
mixing region
collections
fiber
core
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French (fr)
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Lee L. Blyler, Jr.
Gary J. Grimes
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/43—Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections
    • 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
    • G02B6/2808—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 a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs
    • 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4296—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements coupling with sources of high radiant energy, e.g. high power lasers, high temperature light sources

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
CA000605667A 1988-09-30 1989-07-14 Passive optical device Expired - Fee Related CA1321090C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US252,091 1988-09-30
US07/252,091 US4913508A (en) 1988-09-30 1988-09-30 Passive optical device

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CA1321090C true CA1321090C (en) 1993-08-10

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US (1) US4913508A (enExample)
EP (1) EP0361751B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JPH02116808A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1321090C (enExample)
DE (1) DE68920249T2 (enExample)
DK (1) DK480689A (enExample)
ES (1) ES2065388T3 (enExample)

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DE68920249T2 (de) 1995-05-04
EP0361751A3 (en) 1991-07-31
DK480689D0 (da) 1989-09-29
DK480689A (da) 1990-03-31
ES2065388T3 (es) 1995-02-16
JPH0445805B2 (enExample) 1992-07-28
JPH02116808A (ja) 1990-05-01
EP0361751A2 (en) 1990-04-04
EP0361751B1 (en) 1994-12-28
US4913508A (en) 1990-04-03
DE68920249D1 (de) 1995-02-09

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