FR2667697B1 - DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL FIBER, BY APPLYING A MACROCURBURE TO THIS FIBER. - Google Patents

DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL FIBER, BY APPLYING A MACROCURBURE TO THIS FIBER.

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FR2667697B1
FR2667697B1 FR9012246A FR9012246A FR2667697B1 FR 2667697 B1 FR2667697 B1 FR 2667697B1 FR 9012246 A FR9012246 A FR 9012246A FR 9012246 A FR9012246 A FR 9012246A FR 2667697 B1 FR2667697 B1 FR 2667697B1
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fiber
macrocurbure
attenuating
intensity
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Foucault Marc
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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
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • G02B26/02—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the intensity of light
    • 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
    • G02B6/264—Optical coupling means with optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting
    • 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
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • 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
    • G02B6/4287—Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide
    • G02B6/4289—Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide by inducing bending, microbending or macrobending, to the light guide
    • 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
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/354—Switching arrangements, i.e. number of input/output ports and interconnection types
    • G02B6/3544—2D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a plane
    • G02B6/3548—1xN switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of N possible 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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3594—Characterised by additional functional means, e.g. means for variably attenuating or branching or means for switching differently polarized beams
    • 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
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
    • G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
    • 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
    • G02B6/4215—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements, e.g. variable wavelength optical modules or wavelength lockers

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
FR9012246A 1990-10-04 1990-10-04 DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL FIBER, BY APPLYING A MACROCURBURE TO THIS FIBER. Expired - Fee Related FR2667697B1 (en)

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FR9012246A FR2667697B1 (en) 1990-10-04 1990-10-04 DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL FIBER, BY APPLYING A MACROCURBURE TO THIS FIBER.

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FR9012246A FR2667697B1 (en) 1990-10-04 1990-10-04 DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL FIBER, BY APPLYING A MACROCURBURE TO THIS FIBER.

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FR2667697A1 FR2667697A1 (en) 1992-04-10
FR2667697B1 true FR2667697B1 (en) 1993-08-13

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US5311614A (en) * 1992-03-31 1994-05-10 The Whitaker Corporation Single mode fiber optic variable attenuator with supported optical fiber
EP0576969A1 (en) * 1992-07-01 1994-01-05 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for embedding a bent coupler into a coupling position
FR2755246B1 (en) * 1996-10-24 1998-12-24 France Telecom OPTICAL SWITCH
US5892615A (en) * 1997-03-17 1999-04-06 Sdl, Inc. Output power enhancement in optical fiber lasers
FR2769379B1 (en) * 1997-10-03 2000-02-11 France Telecom DEVICE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS

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DE3332631A1 (en) * 1983-09-09 1985-03-28 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München METHOD FOR OBTAINING A VARIABLE OPTICAL DAMPING AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
JPS60140305A (en) * 1983-12-28 1985-07-25 Nec Corp Optical star coupler

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