DE69324104D1 - Schwach reflektierendes Endstück für optische Faser - Google Patents

Schwach reflektierendes Endstück für optische Faser

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DE69324104D1
DE69324104D1 DE69324104T DE69324104T DE69324104D1 DE 69324104 D1 DE69324104 D1 DE 69324104D1 DE 69324104 T DE69324104 T DE 69324104T DE 69324104 T DE69324104 T DE 69324104T DE 69324104 D1 DE69324104 D1 DE 69324104D1
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optical fiber
low reflectance
reflectance end
low
fiber
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Sandra Greenberg Kosinski
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AT&T Corp
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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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
    • G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss 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
    • G02B6/241—Light guide terminations
    • G02B6/243—Light guide terminations as light absorbers
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
DE69324104T 1992-11-16 1993-11-04 Schwach reflektierendes Endstück für optische Faser Expired - Lifetime DE69324104T2 (de)

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US07/976,623 US5263103A (en) 1992-11-16 1992-11-16 Apparatus comprising a low reflection optical fiber termination

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DE69324104D1 true DE69324104D1 (de) 1999-04-29
DE69324104T2 DE69324104T2 (de) 1999-08-26

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EP (1) EP0598523B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH06222226A (de)
DE (1) DE69324104T2 (de)

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JPH06222226A (ja) 1994-08-12

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