DE3677188D1 - Optischer koppler. - Google Patents
Optischer koppler.Info
- Publication number
- DE3677188D1 DE3677188D1 DE8686310194T DE3677188T DE3677188D1 DE 3677188 D1 DE3677188 D1 DE 3677188D1 DE 8686310194 T DE8686310194 T DE 8686310194T DE 3677188 T DE3677188 T DE 3677188T DE 3677188 D1 DE3677188 D1 DE 3677188D1
- Authority
- DE
- Germany
- Prior art keywords
- optical coupler
- coupler
- optical
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
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Classifications
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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
- G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
- G02B6/29331—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by evanescent wave coupling
- G02B6/29332—Wavelength selective couplers, i.e. based on evanescent coupling between light guides, e.g. fused fibre couplers with transverse coupling between fibres having different propagation constant wavelength dependency
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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
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/14—Mode converters
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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
- G02B6/2826—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 using mechanical machining means for shaping of the couplers, e.g. grinding or polishing
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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
- G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/011—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour in optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
- G02F1/0115—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour in optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass in optical fibres
- G02F1/0118—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour in optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass in optical fibres by controlling the evanescent coupling of light from a fibre into an active, e.g. electro-optic, overlay
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/1326—Liquid crystal optical waveguides or liquid crystal cells specially adapted for gating or modulating between optical waveguides
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
- G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
- G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
- G02F1/3131—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
- G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
- G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
- G02F1/3132—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB858531869A GB8531869D0 (en) | 1985-12-30 | 1985-12-30 | Optical coupler device |
GB858531870A GB8531870D0 (en) | 1985-12-30 | 1985-12-30 | Optical coupling |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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DE3677188D1 true DE3677188D1 (de) | 1991-02-28 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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DE8686310194T Expired - Fee Related DE3677188D1 (de) | 1985-12-30 | 1986-12-29 | Optischer koppler. |
Country Status (7)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US4869567A (de) |
EP (2) | EP0234127B1 (de) |
CA (1) | CA1273515A (de) |
DE (1) | DE3677188D1 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2020192B3 (de) |
GR (1) | GR3001477T3 (de) |
WO (2) | WO1987004261A1 (de) |
Families Citing this family (19)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB8718060D0 (en) * | 1987-07-30 | 1987-09-03 | Univ London | Optical fibre components |
US5018814A (en) * | 1990-02-13 | 1991-05-28 | Physical Optics Corporation | Broadband single-mode optical coupler |
DE19535685A1 (de) * | 1995-09-26 | 1997-03-27 | Sel Alcatel Ag | Optischer Modenfilter |
US6198863B1 (en) * | 1995-10-06 | 2001-03-06 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Optical filters |
US6621951B1 (en) | 2000-06-27 | 2003-09-16 | Oluma, Inc. | Thin film structures in devices with a fiber on a substrate |
US6516114B2 (en) | 2000-06-27 | 2003-02-04 | Oluma, Inc. | Integration of fibers on substrates fabricated with grooves |
US6625349B2 (en) | 2000-06-27 | 2003-09-23 | Oluma, Inc. | Evanescent optical coupling between a waveguide formed on a substrate and a side-polished fiber |
US6501875B2 (en) | 2000-06-27 | 2002-12-31 | Oluma, Inc. | Mach-Zehnder inteferometers and applications based on evanescent coupling through side-polished fiber coupling ports |
US6597833B1 (en) | 2000-06-27 | 2003-07-22 | Oluma, Inc. | Wavelength-division multiplexers and demultiplexers based on mach-zehnder interferometers and evanescent coupling |
US6490391B1 (en) | 2000-07-12 | 2002-12-03 | Oluma, Inc. | Devices based on fibers engaged to substrates with grooves |
US6621952B1 (en) | 2000-08-10 | 2003-09-16 | Oluma, Inc. | In-fiber variable optical attenuators and modulators using index-changing liquid media |
US6571035B1 (en) | 2000-08-10 | 2003-05-27 | Oluma, Inc. | Fiber optical switches based on optical evanescent coupling between two fibers |
US6542663B1 (en) | 2000-09-07 | 2003-04-01 | Oluma, Inc. | Coupling control in side-polished fiber devices |
US20020075547A1 (en) * | 2000-12-15 | 2002-06-20 | Alex Mashinsky | High-speed optical data network with improved optical receiver |
US20030021518A1 (en) * | 2001-06-01 | 2003-01-30 | D-Wave Systems, Inc. | Optical transformer device |
US6744948B1 (en) | 2001-06-20 | 2004-06-01 | Oluma, Inc. | Fiber tap monitor based on evanescent coupling |
US20040120649A1 (en) * | 2002-12-20 | 2004-06-24 | Motorola, Inc. | Optical coupling interface for optical waveguide and optical fiber |
US7272280B2 (en) * | 2004-12-16 | 2007-09-18 | Honeywell International Inc. | Optical coupler for measuring wavelength |
US7155089B1 (en) * | 2005-07-19 | 2006-12-26 | National Chiao Tung University | Wide-band fiber-optic tunable filter |
Family Cites Families (15)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3899235A (en) * | 1974-03-11 | 1975-08-12 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Slab-coupled optical waveguide |
DE2433214A1 (de) * | 1974-07-10 | 1976-01-29 | Siemens Ag | Koppelvorrichtung fuer rechteckwellenleiter |
US3957341A (en) * | 1974-09-03 | 1976-05-18 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Passive frequency-selective optical coupler |
US4026632A (en) * | 1976-01-07 | 1977-05-31 | Canadian Patents And Development Limited | Frequency selective interwaveguide coupler |
US4021097A (en) * | 1976-03-08 | 1977-05-03 | Sperry Rand Corporation | Distributive tee coupler |
JPS54118255A (en) * | 1978-03-06 | 1979-09-13 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Optical branching and mixing device and production of the same |
US4342499A (en) * | 1979-03-19 | 1982-08-03 | Hicks Jr John W | Communications tuning construction |
US4315666A (en) * | 1979-03-19 | 1982-02-16 | Hicks Jr John W | Coupled communications fibers |
US4601541A (en) * | 1980-04-11 | 1986-07-22 | The Board Of Trustees Of Leland Stanford Junior University | Fiber optic directional coupler |
US4387954A (en) * | 1981-01-19 | 1983-06-14 | Gould Inc. | Method for fabricating an optical waveguide evanescent wave coupler having an interleaved film |
US4483583A (en) * | 1981-03-07 | 1984-11-20 | Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh | Selective directional coupler for guided waves |
DE3108742C2 (de) * | 1981-03-07 | 1985-11-14 | ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH, 7150 Backnang | Selektiver Richtkoppler |
JPS60156020A (ja) * | 1984-01-25 | 1985-08-16 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd | 光分波素子 |
US4666235A (en) * | 1984-03-16 | 1987-05-19 | Litton Systems, Inc. | Stable fiber optic polarizer |
GB2170016B (en) * | 1984-12-19 | 1989-04-05 | Plessey Co Plc | Improvements in or relating to modulators |
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1986
- 1986-12-24 CA CA000526311A patent/CA1273515A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-12-29 WO PCT/GB1986/000803 patent/WO1987004261A1/en unknown
- 1986-12-29 DE DE8686310194T patent/DE3677188D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-12-29 US US07/093,528 patent/US4869567A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-29 ES ES86310194T patent/ES2020192B3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-29 EP EP86310194A patent/EP0234127B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-29 EP EP86310195A patent/EP0234128A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1986-12-29 WO PCT/GB1986/000802 patent/WO1987004260A1/en unknown
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1991
- 1991-02-13 GR GR91400185T patent/GR3001477T3/el unknown
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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EP0234127B1 (de) | 1991-01-23 |
EP0234128A1 (de) | 1987-09-02 |
CA1273515A (en) | 1990-09-04 |
US4869567A (en) | 1989-09-26 |
GR3001477T3 (en) | 1992-10-08 |
ES2020192B3 (es) | 1991-08-01 |
WO1987004260A1 (en) | 1987-07-16 |
EP0234127A1 (de) | 1987-09-02 |
WO1987004261A1 (en) | 1987-07-16 |
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Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
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8364 | No opposition during term of opposition | ||
8339 | Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee |