DE3888749T2 - Herstellungsmethode eines wirtschaftlichen Faserkopplers. - Google Patents

Herstellungsmethode eines wirtschaftlichen Faserkopplers.

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DE3888749T2
DE3888749T2 DE3888749T DE3888749T DE3888749T2 DE 3888749 T2 DE3888749 T2 DE 3888749T2 DE 3888749 T DE3888749 T DE 3888749T DE 3888749 T DE3888749 T DE 3888749T DE 3888749 T2 DE3888749 T2 DE 3888749T2
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fibers
fiber coupler
manufacturing
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economical fiber
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George Edward Berkey
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Corning Glass Works
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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
    • 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
    • G02B6/2835—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 formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Exchange Systems With Centralized Control (AREA)
  • Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)
DE3888749T 1987-08-07 1988-08-05 Herstellungsmethode eines wirtschaftlichen Faserkopplers. Expired - Fee Related DE3888749T2 (de)

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US8267887A 1987-08-07 1987-08-07
US07/204,620 US4931076A (en) 1987-08-07 1988-06-09 Method of making fiber optic coupler

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DE3888749D1 DE3888749D1 (de) 1994-05-05
DE3888749T2 true DE3888749T2 (de) 1994-10-13

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DE3888749T Expired - Fee Related DE3888749T2 (de) 1987-08-07 1988-08-05 Herstellungsmethode eines wirtschaftlichen Faserkopplers.

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US (1) US4931076A (de)
EP (1) EP0302745B1 (de)
KR (1) KR970003227B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE103577T1 (de)
AU (1) AU608876B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1328570C (de)
DE (1) DE3888749T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2050706T3 (de)

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EP0302745A2 (de) 1989-02-08
AU2035788A (en) 1989-02-09
ES2050706T3 (es) 1994-06-01
KR970003227B1 (ko) 1997-03-15
EP0302745B1 (de) 1994-03-30
DE3888749D1 (de) 1994-05-05
US4931076A (en) 1990-06-05
EP0302745A3 (en) 1990-03-07
KR890004181A (ko) 1989-04-20
CA1328570C (en) 1994-04-19
AU608876B2 (en) 1991-04-18
ATE103577T1 (de) 1994-04-15

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