FR2507787A1 - Dispositif de commutation de lumiere entre des fibres optiques par variation de temperature d'une substance dans laquelle elles sont disposees et systeme de commutation utilisant de tels dispositifs - Google Patents

Dispositif de commutation de lumiere entre des fibres optiques par variation de temperature d'une substance dans laquelle elles sont disposees et systeme de commutation utilisant de tels dispositifs Download PDF

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FR2507787A1
FR2507787A1 FR8111832A FR8111832A FR2507787A1 FR 2507787 A1 FR2507787 A1 FR 2507787A1 FR 8111832 A FR8111832 A FR 8111832A FR 8111832 A FR8111832 A FR 8111832A FR 2507787 A1 FR2507787 A1 FR 2507787A1
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    • G02F1/313Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3131Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres
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    • 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
    • G02B2006/2865Optical 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 couplers of the 3x3 type
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    • G02OPTICS
    • G02FOPTICAL 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
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FR8111832A 1981-06-16 1981-06-16 Dispositif de commutation de lumiere entre des fibres optiques par variation de temperature d'une substance dans laquelle elles sont disposees et systeme de commutation utilisant de tels dispositifs Granted FR2507787A1 (fr)

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EP0211537A1 (en) * 1985-07-15 1987-02-25 RAYCHEM CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) Apparatus for coupling light between an optical fiber and a light element
EP0164212A3 (en) * 1984-06-07 1987-12-23 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Single-mode fiber optic saturable absorber
EP0183449A3 (en) * 1984-11-21 1988-01-13 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Optical couplers
EP0204493A3 (en) * 1985-05-29 1988-02-10 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Fibre optic coupler
EP0178806A3 (en) * 1984-10-17 1988-06-01 Sperry Marine Inc. Variable coupler fibreoptic sensor
US4759605A (en) * 1985-07-15 1988-07-26 Raychem Corporation Apparatus for coupling light between an optical fiber and a light element
WO1988007690A1 (en) * 1987-04-02 1988-10-06 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company A method of forming an optical fibre junction
EP0212877A3 (en) * 1985-08-20 1989-02-01 PIRELLI GENERAL plc Optical coupler for an optical fibre
EP0418654A1 (en) * 1989-09-06 1991-03-27 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same
EP0593836A1 (en) * 1992-10-22 1994-04-27 International Business Machines Corporation Near-field photon tunnelling devices
EP0723168A3 (de) * 1995-01-23 1998-07-15 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Einstellbare optische Verzögerungsleitung
WO2001046729A1 (en) * 1999-12-22 2001-06-28 New Focus, Inc. Microbend fused fiber coupler method and apparatus
WO2003048844A3 (en) * 2001-12-04 2003-10-02 British Tech Group Int Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch
WO2004055564A3 (en) * 2002-12-13 2004-08-05 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Efficient coupling of light into light guides

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US3208342A (en) * 1962-09-18 1965-09-28 Ibm Electro-optic light coupling of optical fibers
US3408131A (en) * 1963-11-13 1968-10-29 Optics Technology Inc Apparatus for coupling and amplfying light between optical fibers
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EP0164212A3 (en) * 1984-06-07 1987-12-23 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Single-mode fiber optic saturable absorber
EP0178806A3 (en) * 1984-10-17 1988-06-01 Sperry Marine Inc. Variable coupler fibreoptic sensor
EP0183449A3 (en) * 1984-11-21 1988-01-13 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Optical couplers
US4786130A (en) * 1985-05-29 1988-11-22 The General Electric Company, P.L.C. Fibre optic coupler
EP0204493A3 (en) * 1985-05-29 1988-02-10 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Fibre optic coupler
US4759605A (en) * 1985-07-15 1988-07-26 Raychem Corporation Apparatus for coupling light between an optical fiber and a light element
EP0211537A1 (en) * 1985-07-15 1987-02-25 RAYCHEM CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) Apparatus for coupling light between an optical fiber and a light element
EP0212877A3 (en) * 1985-08-20 1989-02-01 PIRELLI GENERAL plc Optical coupler for an optical fibre
US4896932A (en) * 1987-04-02 1990-01-30 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company Method of forming an optical fibre junction
EP0287252A1 (en) * 1987-04-02 1988-10-19 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company A method of forming an optical fibre junction
WO1988007690A1 (en) * 1987-04-02 1988-10-06 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company A method of forming an optical fibre junction
EP0418654A1 (en) * 1989-09-06 1991-03-27 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same
US5108200A (en) * 1989-09-06 1992-04-28 Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same
EP0593836A1 (en) * 1992-10-22 1994-04-27 International Business Machines Corporation Near-field photon tunnelling devices
EP0723168A3 (de) * 1995-01-23 1998-07-15 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Einstellbare optische Verzögerungsleitung
WO2001046729A1 (en) * 1999-12-22 2001-06-28 New Focus, Inc. Microbend fused fiber coupler method and apparatus
US6560388B1 (en) 1999-12-22 2003-05-06 Finisar Corporation Microbend fused fiber coupler method and apparatus
US6731842B2 (en) 1999-12-22 2004-05-04 Finisar Corporation Microbend fused fiber coupler method and apparatus
WO2003048844A3 (en) * 2001-12-04 2003-10-02 British Tech Group Int Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch
WO2004055564A3 (en) * 2002-12-13 2004-08-05 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Efficient coupling of light into light guides

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