GB2003294A - Optical fibre coupling - Google Patents

Optical fibre coupling

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GB2003294A
GB2003294A GB7832173A GB7832173A GB2003294A GB 2003294 A GB2003294 A GB 2003294A GB 7832173 A GB7832173 A GB 7832173A GB 7832173 A GB7832173 A GB 7832173A GB 2003294 A GB2003294 A GB 2003294A
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fibres
fibre
spliced
cladding
optical
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GB2003294B (en
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International Standard Electric Corp
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International Standard Electric Corp
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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
    • G02B6/255—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding
    • 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
    • G02B6/255—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding
    • G02B6/2558—Reinforcement of splice joint
    • 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
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3834—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3835—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule using discs, bushings or the like
    • 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
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
    • 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4248—Feed-through connections for the hermetical passage of fibres through a package wall

Abstract

An optical coupling arrangement for plastics clad optical fibres is provided wherein a length of the fibre's cladding is removed at the fibre's end and a highly reflective metallic coating is substituted therefor. Fibres terminated in this manner may be spliced with conventional fibre couplers without fear of core separation caused by deformation of the plastics cladding when the fibre is under tensile stress. Two fibres having such metallic coatings on their cores may be spliced by merely placing the coated ends of the fibres in a metallic tube and soldering or gluing the ends to the tube. This approach can be used when coupling optic fibres to other optical components such as light sources and detectors.
GB7832173A 1977-08-10 1978-08-03 Optical fibre coupling Expired GB2003294B (en)

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US82337677A 1977-08-10 1977-08-10

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GB2003294A true GB2003294A (en) 1979-03-07
GB2003294B GB2003294B (en) 1982-05-19

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FR (1) FR2400217A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2003294B (en)

Cited By (15)

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US4296996A (en) * 1978-07-18 1981-10-27 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha Feedthrough for optical fiber
US4312571A (en) * 1979-11-01 1982-01-26 Raychem Corporation Method for bonding to polymeric clad optical waveguides
GB2121979A (en) * 1982-06-18 1984-01-04 Western Electric Co Fabrication of optical connectors
GB2124402A (en) * 1982-07-27 1984-02-15 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Injection laser packages
WO1984002582A1 (en) * 1982-12-23 1984-07-05 United Technologies Corp Optical fiber head
GB2136147A (en) * 1983-02-08 1984-09-12 Raychem Corp Joining optical films
US4746189A (en) * 1983-02-08 1988-05-24 Raychem Corporation Optical fiber adhesive joint tube
EP0096511B1 (en) * 1982-06-05 1989-08-23 AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation) Optical fibre termination method, terminal, splice, and connector therefor
GB2283832A (en) * 1993-11-09 1995-05-17 Sanyo Electric Co Coupling optic fibre to a light source using reflecting means
GB2303467A (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-02-19 Northern Telecom Ltd Hermetic metallised optical fibre feed-through
GB2360854A (en) * 2000-03-30 2001-10-03 Schlumberger Ltd Soldering optic fibre feedthrough to bulkhead
US6474879B1 (en) 2000-08-08 2002-11-05 Stratos Lightwave, Inc. Post assembly metallization of a device to form hermetic seal
WO2003019253A2 (en) * 2001-08-23 2003-03-06 3M Innovative Properties Company Metal plated optical fibers
US7231120B2 (en) 2002-07-30 2007-06-12 Mbda Uk Limited Tapered optical fibre with a reflective coating at the tapered end
CN111812780A (en) * 2016-08-23 2020-10-23 泛达公司 Fiber optic connector termination test tool

Families Citing this family (3)

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FR2464490A1 (en) * 1979-08-31 1981-03-06 Deutsch Co Two-part optical fibre connector - with female part contg. spring loaded insert in which fibre can freely slide
AU584891B2 (en) * 1984-04-19 1989-06-08 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Optical fiber material having optical fiber tightly held by wrapping material
JPH02195304A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-08-01 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd Fusion splicing method for optical fiber

Cited By (24)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4296996A (en) * 1978-07-18 1981-10-27 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha Feedthrough for optical fiber
US4312571A (en) * 1979-11-01 1982-01-26 Raychem Corporation Method for bonding to polymeric clad optical waveguides
EP0096511B1 (en) * 1982-06-05 1989-08-23 AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation) Optical fibre termination method, terminal, splice, and connector therefor
GB2121979A (en) * 1982-06-18 1984-01-04 Western Electric Co Fabrication of optical connectors
GB2124402A (en) * 1982-07-27 1984-02-15 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Injection laser packages
WO1984002582A1 (en) * 1982-12-23 1984-07-05 United Technologies Corp Optical fiber head
GB2136147A (en) * 1983-02-08 1984-09-12 Raychem Corp Joining optical films
US4746189A (en) * 1983-02-08 1988-05-24 Raychem Corporation Optical fiber adhesive joint tube
GB2283832B (en) * 1993-11-09 1998-01-21 Sanyo Electric Co Improvements relating to sign illumination
GB2283832A (en) * 1993-11-09 1995-05-17 Sanyo Electric Co Coupling optic fibre to a light source using reflecting means
US5727103A (en) * 1993-11-09 1998-03-10 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Optical leakage preventing apparatus and self-light-emitting indicating apparatus using the same
GB2303467A (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-02-19 Northern Telecom Ltd Hermetic metallised optical fibre feed-through
GB2303467B (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-07-23 Northern Telecom Ltd Hermetic optical fibre feed-through
US5664043A (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-09-02 Northern Telecom Limited Hermetic optical fibre feed-through
GB2360854B (en) * 2000-03-30 2002-06-26 Schlumberger Ltd An optical feedthrough and a method of securing and sealing an optical fiber within a bulkhead
GB2360854A (en) * 2000-03-30 2001-10-03 Schlumberger Ltd Soldering optic fibre feedthrough to bulkhead
US6427046B1 (en) 2000-03-30 2002-07-30 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Optical feedthrough and method of making same
US6474879B1 (en) 2000-08-08 2002-11-05 Stratos Lightwave, Inc. Post assembly metallization of a device to form hermetic seal
WO2003019253A2 (en) * 2001-08-23 2003-03-06 3M Innovative Properties Company Metal plated optical fibers
WO2003019253A3 (en) * 2001-08-23 2003-12-04 3M Innovative Properties Co Metal plated optical fibers
GB2393738A (en) * 2001-08-23 2004-04-07 3M Innovative Properties Co Metal plated optical fibers
GB2393738B (en) * 2001-08-23 2005-07-20 3M Innovative Properties Co Metal plated optical fibers
US7231120B2 (en) 2002-07-30 2007-06-12 Mbda Uk Limited Tapered optical fibre with a reflective coating at the tapered end
CN111812780A (en) * 2016-08-23 2020-10-23 泛达公司 Fiber optic connector termination test tool

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AU3851378A (en) 1980-02-07
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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee