GB1525985A - Arrangements for tapping signal power from optical fibre waveguides - Google Patents

Arrangements for tapping signal power from optical fibre waveguides

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Publication number
GB1525985A
GB1525985A GB46437/75A GB4643775A GB1525985A GB 1525985 A GB1525985 A GB 1525985A GB 46437/75 A GB46437/75 A GB 46437/75A GB 4643775 A GB4643775 A GB 4643775A GB 1525985 A GB1525985 A GB 1525985A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
fibre
power
cladding
equal
disc
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB46437/75A
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English (en)
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AT&T Corp
Original Assignee
Western Electric Co Inc
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US05/522,577 external-priority patent/US3982123A/en
Priority claimed from US05/522,518 external-priority patent/US3936631A/en
Priority claimed from US05/522,519 external-priority patent/US3931518A/en
Application filed by Western Electric Co Inc filed Critical Western Electric Co Inc
Publication of GB1525985A publication Critical patent/GB1525985A/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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/34—Optical coupling means utilising prism or grating
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/2852—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 tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent 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
    • G02B6/42—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
    • G02B6/4286—Optical modules with optical power monitoring
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Testing Of Optical Devices Or Fibers (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
GB46437/75A 1974-11-11 1975-11-10 Arrangements for tapping signal power from optical fibre waveguides Expired GB1525985A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/522,577 US3982123A (en) 1974-11-11 1974-11-11 Optical fiber power taps
US05/522,518 US3936631A (en) 1974-11-11 1974-11-11 Optical fiber power tap
US05/522,519 US3931518A (en) 1974-11-11 1974-11-11 Optical fiber power taps employing mode coupling means

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1525985A true GB1525985A (en) 1978-09-27

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GB46437/75A Expired GB1525985A (en) 1974-11-11 1975-11-10 Arrangements for tapping signal power from optical fibre waveguides

Country Status (5)

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JP (1) JPS5852180B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE2550523A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2290680A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1525985A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL7513127A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (13)

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GB2126749A (en) * 1982-09-09 1984-03-28 Western Electric Co Optical fiber tap
GB2153551A (en) * 1984-01-27 1985-08-21 Raychem Corp Withdrawing or injecting optical signals in optical fibres loosely housed in tubes
GB2158607A (en) * 1984-05-07 1985-11-13 Northern Telecom Ltd Fiber optic coupler
GB2179468A (en) * 1985-08-20 1987-03-04 Pirelli General Plc Optical coupler for an optical fibre
GB2182516A (en) * 1985-11-01 1987-05-13 Stc Plc Optical fibre network
GB2188204A (en) * 1986-03-17 1987-09-23 Plessey Co Plc Improvements relating to optical fibre light transmission systems
GB2189595A (en) * 1986-04-23 1987-10-28 Northern Telecom Ltd Determining optical fiber splice loss
GB2220083A (en) * 1988-06-14 1989-12-28 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Optical wave guide/detector combination
GB2236405A (en) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-03 Northern Telecom Ltd Coupling unbroken optical fiber to optoelectronic device
US5040866A (en) * 1984-08-14 1991-08-20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Device for coupling light into an optical waveguide
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
WO2003030409A1 (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-04-10 Protodel International Limited Monitor for an optical fibre and multi-guide optical fibre circuits and methods of making them
WO2013158414A1 (en) * 2012-04-20 2013-10-24 Micron Technology, Inc. Method and apparatus providing a waveguide and an evanescent field coupled photonic detector

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JPS539546A (en) * 1976-07-15 1978-01-28 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Shaping method of transmission mode distribution
JPS5311040A (en) * 1976-07-17 1978-02-01 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Mode mixer for optical fiber
JPS541642A (en) * 1977-06-06 1979-01-08 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Leakage light fiber cable and communication system and control system using this
DE2744128A1 (de) 1977-09-30 1979-04-12 Siemens Ag Wellenleiter mit einem laengsseits angeordneten detektor
JPS5478144A (en) * 1977-12-05 1979-06-22 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Optical filter
JPS5478145A (en) * 1977-12-05 1979-06-22 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Optical branching filter
JPS5489756A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-07-17 Nec Corp Light monitor apparatus
JPS5489757A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-07-17 Nec Corp Light monitor apparatus
JPS54102151A (en) * 1978-01-30 1979-08-11 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Monitor device for optical fibers
CA1076858A (en) * 1978-04-10 1980-05-06 Northern Telecom Limited Low loss directional coupling for optical fibres
JPS54153255U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1978-04-17 1979-10-24
JPS54173616U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1978-05-29 1979-12-07
JPS5510009U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1978-06-30 1980-01-22
DE2927025A1 (de) * 1978-11-15 1981-01-08 Licentia Gmbh Optische koppeleinrichtung
US4270839A (en) * 1979-01-29 1981-06-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Directional optical fiber signal tapping assembly
DE2926977A1 (de) * 1979-07-04 1981-01-22 Licentia Gmbh Lichtwellenlaengenabhaengiges filter
JPS5958404A (ja) * 1982-09-29 1984-04-04 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 光ファイバ伝播光の無切断検知装置
JPS60134206A (ja) * 1983-11-30 1985-07-17 ザ・ボード・オブ・トラステイーズ・オブ・ザ・レランド・スタンフオード・ジユニア・ユニバーシテイ フアイバ光学モードカプラ
JPS6170512A (ja) * 1984-09-14 1986-04-11 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 光フアイバ伝搬光検出方法及びその検出器
US5195162A (en) * 1987-12-16 1993-03-16 General Motors Corporation Planar polymer light guide methods and apparatus
US4974931A (en) * 1989-11-13 1990-12-04 At&T Bell Laboratories Wavelength selective mode couplers
RU2120186C1 (ru) * 1996-02-01 1998-10-10 Российский Федеральный Ядерный Центр - Всероссийский Научно-Исследовательский Институт Экспериментальной Физики Способ отвода световой энергии из оптического волокна
DE10108303A1 (de) * 2001-02-21 2002-08-22 Deutsche Telekom Ag Anordnung und Verfahren zum Detektieren eines optischen Signals an der Längsseite einer Glasfaser
JP4801072B2 (ja) * 2004-08-31 2011-10-26 アイゲンライト・コーポレイション 広帯域光ファイバタップ
JP6116030B2 (ja) * 2013-03-18 2017-04-19 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所 光パワー監視装置、光パワー監視方法および光パワー監視装置を用いたレーザ発生装置

Cited By (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2126749A (en) * 1982-09-09 1984-03-28 Western Electric Co Optical fiber tap
GB2153551A (en) * 1984-01-27 1985-08-21 Raychem Corp Withdrawing or injecting optical signals in optical fibres loosely housed in tubes
GB2158607A (en) * 1984-05-07 1985-11-13 Northern Telecom Ltd Fiber optic coupler
US5040866A (en) * 1984-08-14 1991-08-20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Device for coupling light into an optical waveguide
GB2179468A (en) * 1985-08-20 1987-03-04 Pirelli General Plc Optical coupler for an optical fibre
GB2182516A (en) * 1985-11-01 1987-05-13 Stc Plc Optical fibre network
US4761833A (en) * 1985-11-01 1988-08-02 Stc Plc Optical fibre network
GB2188204A (en) * 1986-03-17 1987-09-23 Plessey Co Plc Improvements relating to optical fibre light transmission systems
GB2189595A (en) * 1986-04-23 1987-10-28 Northern Telecom Ltd Determining optical fiber splice loss
GB2189595B (en) * 1986-04-23 1990-01-17 Northern Telecom Ltd Method of determining optical fiber splice loss
GB2220083B (en) * 1988-06-14 1992-05-20 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm An optical wave guide / detector combination
GB2220083A (en) * 1988-06-14 1989-12-28 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Optical wave guide/detector combination
GB2236405A (en) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-03 Northern Telecom Ltd Coupling unbroken optical fiber to optoelectronic device
GB2236405B (en) * 1989-09-27 1993-07-21 Northern Telecom Ltd Optical fiber coupling device and method for its use
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
WO2003030409A1 (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-04-10 Protodel International Limited Monitor for an optical fibre and multi-guide optical fibre circuits and methods of making them
WO2013158414A1 (en) * 2012-04-20 2013-10-24 Micron Technology, Inc. Method and apparatus providing a waveguide and an evanescent field coupled photonic detector
TWI475269B (zh) * 2012-04-20 2015-03-01 Micron Technology Inc 提供一耦合光子結構之方法及裝置
US8995805B2 (en) 2012-04-20 2015-03-31 Micron Technology, Inc. Method and apparatus providing a coupled photonic structure
US9612413B2 (en) 2012-04-20 2017-04-04 Micron Technology, Inc. Method and apparatus providing a coupled photonic structure

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2290680B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1978-06-30
NL7513127A (nl) 1976-05-13
JPS5852180B2 (ja) 1983-11-21
DE2550523A1 (de) 1976-05-13
FR2290680A1 (fr) 1976-06-04
JPS5171148A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-06-19

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