GB1493660A - Optical waveguide power dividers - Google Patents

Optical waveguide power dividers

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Publication number
GB1493660A
GB1493660A GB51427/75A GB5142775A GB1493660A GB 1493660 A GB1493660 A GB 1493660A GB 51427/75 A GB51427/75 A GB 51427/75A GB 5142775 A GB5142775 A GB 5142775A GB 1493660 A GB1493660 A GB 1493660A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
tube
fibre
cladding
divider
assembly
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB51427/75A
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English (en)
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STC PLC
Original Assignee
Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Standard Telephone and Cables PLC filed Critical Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
Priority to GB51427/75A priority Critical patent/GB1493660A/en
Priority to NL7613741A priority patent/NL7613741A/nl
Priority to IT30369/76A priority patent/IT1065189B/it
Priority to FR7637921A priority patent/FR2335856A1/fr
Publication of GB1493660A publication Critical patent/GB1493660A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G02B6/4202—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details for coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles
    • 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
    • G02B6/2835—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 formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers
    • 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
    • G02B6/2856—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 formed or shaped by thermal heating means, e.g. splitting, branching and/or combining elements
    • 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
    • G02B6/4256—Details of housings
    • G02B6/4257—Details of housings having a supporting carrier or a mounting substrate or a mounting plate
    • G02B6/4259—Details of housings having a supporting carrier or a mounting substrate or a mounting plate of the transparent 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
    • G02B6/42—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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4286—Optical modules with optical power monitoring

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB51427/75A 1975-12-16 1975-12-16 Optical waveguide power dividers Expired GB1493660A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB51427/75A GB1493660A (en) 1975-12-16 1975-12-16 Optical waveguide power dividers
NL7613741A NL7613741A (nl) 1975-12-16 1976-12-10 Energieverdeler voor optische golfgeleiders.
IT30369/76A IT1065189B (it) 1975-12-16 1976-12-14 Divisore di potenza per guida d'onda ottica
FR7637921A FR2335856A1 (fr) 1975-12-16 1976-12-16 Diviseur de puissance pour fibre optique

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB51427/75A GB1493660A (en) 1975-12-16 1975-12-16 Optical waveguide power dividers

Publications (1)

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GB1493660A true GB1493660A (en) 1977-11-30

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Country Status (4)

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FR (1) FR2335856A1 (nl)
GB (1) GB1493660A (nl)
IT (1) IT1065189B (nl)
NL (1) NL7613741A (nl)

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GB2119959A (en) * 1982-05-12 1983-11-23 Bicc Plc Optical fibre duplex coupler
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EP0211582A2 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-02-25 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Optical fibre filters
EP0212864A2 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-03-04 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Coaxial couplers
US5319195A (en) * 1991-04-02 1994-06-07 Lumonics Ltd. Laser system method and apparatus for performing a material processing operation and for indicating the state of the operation
WO2000017678A2 (de) * 1998-09-21 2000-03-30 Harting Elektro-Optische Bauteile Gmbh & Co. Kg Lichtleitfaser mit kreisförmigem und nichtkreisförmigem querschnitt
CN109407213A (zh) * 2018-11-07 2019-03-01 武汉锐科光纤激光技术股份有限公司 一种激光传能跳线及其制作方法
CN113670578A (zh) * 2021-09-07 2021-11-19 江苏亨通光电股份有限公司 光性能测试线和多芯光纤阵列连接器光学测试装置

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US4165150A (en) * 1978-04-10 1979-08-21 Northern Telecom Limited Low loss directional coupling for optical fibres
US4270839A (en) * 1979-01-29 1981-06-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Directional optical fiber signal tapping assembly
US4315666A (en) * 1979-03-19 1982-02-16 Hicks Jr John W Coupled communications fibers
US5177803A (en) * 1991-04-29 1993-01-05 Corning Incorporated Coaxial optical fiber coupler transmitter-receiver apparatus and method of making same

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IL48112A (en) * 1975-09-17 1978-09-29 Elscint Ltd Gamma camera with improved linearity
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Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2119959A (en) * 1982-05-12 1983-11-23 Bicc Plc Optical fibre duplex coupler
US4530566A (en) * 1982-05-12 1985-07-23 Bicc Public Limited Company Optical fiber duplex coupler
EP0211582A2 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-02-25 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Optical fibre filters
EP0212864A2 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-03-04 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Coaxial couplers
EP0212864A3 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-11-11 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Coaxial couplers
EP0211582A3 (en) * 1985-07-29 1987-11-11 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, p.l.c. Optical fibre filters
US5319195A (en) * 1991-04-02 1994-06-07 Lumonics Ltd. Laser system method and apparatus for performing a material processing operation and for indicating the state of the operation
WO2000017678A2 (de) * 1998-09-21 2000-03-30 Harting Elektro-Optische Bauteile Gmbh & Co. Kg Lichtleitfaser mit kreisförmigem und nichtkreisförmigem querschnitt
WO2000017678A3 (de) * 1998-09-21 2000-11-16 Harting Elektrooptische Bauteile Gmbh & Co Kg Lichtleitfaser mit kreisförmigem und nichtkreisförmigem querschnitt
US6473555B1 (en) * 1998-09-21 2002-10-29 Harting Elektro-Optische Bauteile Gmbh & Co. Kg Optical Fiber
CN109407213A (zh) * 2018-11-07 2019-03-01 武汉锐科光纤激光技术股份有限公司 一种激光传能跳线及其制作方法
CN109407213B (zh) * 2018-11-07 2023-10-13 武汉锐科光纤激光技术股份有限公司 一种激光传能跳线及其制作方法
CN113670578A (zh) * 2021-09-07 2021-11-19 江苏亨通光电股份有限公司 光性能测试线和多芯光纤阵列连接器光学测试装置

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IT1065189B (it) 1985-02-25
FR2335856A1 (fr) 1977-07-15
NL7613741A (nl) 1977-06-20

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee