DE69123024T2 - Durch Drehung einstellbares optisches Abzweigelement - Google Patents

Durch Drehung einstellbares optisches Abzweigelement

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DE69123024T2
DE69123024T2 DE69123024T DE69123024T DE69123024T2 DE 69123024 T2 DE69123024 T2 DE 69123024T2 DE 69123024 T DE69123024 T DE 69123024T DE 69123024 T DE69123024 T DE 69123024T DE 69123024 T2 DE69123024 T2 DE 69123024T2
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coupler
waveguides
coupling
cladding
optical
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William James Miller
Alan John Morrow
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Corning Inc
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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
    • 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
    • G02B6/2821Optical 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
    • G02B6/2826Optical 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
    • G02B6/283Optical 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 couplers being tunable or adjustable
    • 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
    • G02B6/2821Optical 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
    • G02B6/2835Optical 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)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
DE69123024T 1990-08-28 1991-02-16 Durch Drehung einstellbares optisches Abzweigelement Expired - Fee Related DE69123024T2 (de)

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US07/573,828 US5146519A (en) 1990-08-28 1990-08-28 Rotary variable optical tap

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DE69123024T2 true DE69123024T2 (de) 1997-05-28

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EP (1) EP0477459B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP3108749B2 (enExample)
KR (1) KR100235675B1 (enExample)
CA (1) CA2034910C (enExample)
DE (1) DE69123024T2 (enExample)
TW (1) TW228025B (enExample)

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CA2034910C (en) 2003-03-18
DE69123024D1 (de) 1996-12-12
KR100235675B1 (ko) 1999-12-15
TW228025B (enExample) 1994-08-11
US5146519A (en) 1992-09-08
JP3108749B2 (ja) 2000-11-13
EP0477459B1 (en) 1996-11-06
CA2034910A1 (en) 1992-03-01
EP0477459A1 (en) 1992-04-01
KR920004869A (ko) 1992-03-28

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