FR2541466B1 - OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER WITH TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION SURFACE - Google Patents

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER WITH TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION SURFACE

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Publication number
FR2541466B1
FR2541466B1 FR8307503A FR8307503A FR2541466B1 FR 2541466 B1 FR2541466 B1 FR 2541466B1 FR 8307503 A FR8307503 A FR 8307503A FR 8307503 A FR8307503 A FR 8307503A FR 2541466 B1 FR2541466 B1 FR 2541466B1
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Prior art keywords
optical fiber
reflection surface
internal reflection
total internal
fiber coupler
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French (fr)
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FR2541466A1 (en
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Harold Roberts
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AETNA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAB
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AETNA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAB
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Priority claimed from US06/468,480 external-priority patent/US4699453A/en
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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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4246—Bidirectionally operating package structures
    • 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
    • G02B6/2817—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 reflective elements to split or combine optical 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/4214—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical element having redirecting reflective means, e.g. mirrors, prisms for deflecting the radiation from horizontal to down- or upward direction toward a device
FR8307503A 1983-02-22 1983-05-05 OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER WITH TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION SURFACE Expired FR2541466B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/468,480 US4699453A (en) 1982-11-24 1983-02-22 Monolithic fiber optic coupler having total internal reflecting surface

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FR2541466A1 FR2541466A1 (en) 1984-08-24
FR2541466B1 true FR2541466B1 (en) 1988-07-15

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FR (1) FR2541466B1 (en)

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US4701010A (en) * 1984-08-30 1987-10-20 Adc Fiber Optics Corporation Unitary body optical coupler
US4735477A (en) * 1984-12-11 1988-04-05 Amp Incorporated Fiber optic splice terminal and method of using same
FR2581768B1 (en) * 1985-05-10 1987-09-04 Thomson Csf BIDIRECTIONAL OPTOELECTRIC COMPONENT FORMING OPTICAL COUPLER
FR2586305A1 (en) * 1985-08-19 1987-02-20 Lignes Telegraph Telephon Bidirectional coupler for fibre-optic linkage
DE3543558C2 (en) * 1985-12-10 1996-09-19 Licentia Gmbh Opto-electrical coupling arrangement
GB9015992D0 (en) * 1990-07-20 1990-09-05 British Telecomm Optical tap
DE19610881B4 (en) 1995-12-07 2008-01-10 Limo Patentverwaltung Gmbh & Co. Kg Microsystem module
DE19932430C2 (en) * 1999-07-12 2002-03-14 Harting Elektrooptische Bauteile Gmbh & Co Kg Opto-electronic assembly and component for this assembly
DE19952420C2 (en) * 1999-10-30 2002-05-16 Tsk Pruefsysteme Fuer Elek Sch Method and device for the continuity test for an optical waveguide
DE10032542B4 (en) * 2000-07-05 2007-09-06 Schleifring Und Apparatebau Gmbh Active optical rotary transformer
DE10127542C2 (en) * 2001-05-31 2003-06-18 Infineon Technologies Ag Coupling arrangement for optically coupling a light guide to a light receiver
DE10246532B4 (en) * 2002-10-01 2005-07-07 Infineon Technologies Ag Coupling unit for coupling an optical transmitting and / or receiving module with an optical fiber
CN103140787A (en) 2010-09-12 2013-06-05 安费诺-图赫尔电子有限公司 Optoelectronic coupling device, optoelectronic component and optoelectronic transceiver

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US4169656A (en) * 1977-09-30 1979-10-02 Trw Inc. Fiber optic interface for combined signal transmission and detection
US4329017A (en) * 1979-08-14 1982-05-11 Kaptron, Inc. Fiber optics communications modules
EP0058789B1 (en) * 1981-02-20 1986-10-01 Kaptron Inc. Fiber optics communications modules

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