DE69319770T2 - Optisches Verbindungselement mit polygonalem Querschnitt zur Anwendung mit einer Hochintensitätslichtquelle - Google Patents

Optisches Verbindungselement mit polygonalem Querschnitt zur Anwendung mit einer Hochintensitätslichtquelle

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DE69319770T2
DE69319770T2 DE69319770T DE69319770T DE69319770T2 DE 69319770 T2 DE69319770 T2 DE 69319770T2 DE 69319770 T DE69319770 T DE 69319770T DE 69319770 T DE69319770 T DE 69319770T DE 69319770 T2 DE69319770 T2 DE 69319770T2
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optical connector
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John Martin Davenport
Richard Lowell Hansler
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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
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0005—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being of the fibre type
    • 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
    • G02B6/4298—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors, e.g. lamps, incandescent bulbs, scintillation chambers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
DE69319770T 1992-03-27 1993-03-26 Optisches Verbindungselement mit polygonalem Querschnitt zur Anwendung mit einer Hochintensitätslichtquelle Expired - Lifetime DE69319770T2 (de)

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US07/859,179 US5341445A (en) 1992-03-27 1992-03-27 Polygonal-shaped optical coupling member for use with a high brightness light source

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EP (1) EP0562873B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2672762B2 (de)
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