GB2030318B - Optical fibre couplers - Google Patents

Optical fibre couplers

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Publication number
GB2030318B
GB2030318B GB7930466A GB7930466A GB2030318B GB 2030318 B GB2030318 B GB 2030318B GB 7930466 A GB7930466 A GB 7930466A GB 7930466 A GB7930466 A GB 7930466A GB 2030318 B GB2030318 B GB 2030318B
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optical fibre
fibre couplers
couplers
optical
fibre
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GB7930466A
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GB2030318A (en
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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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
    • G02B6/28—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
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB7930466A 1978-09-15 1979-09-03 Optical fibre couplers Expired GB2030318B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SE7809741A SE7809741L (en) 1978-09-15 1978-09-15 CONNECTORS INCLUDING OPTICAL FIBERS

Publications (2)

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GB2030318A GB2030318A (en) 1980-04-02
GB2030318B true GB2030318B (en) 1982-06-30

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GB7930466A Expired GB2030318B (en) 1978-09-15 1979-09-03 Optical fibre couplers

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SE (1) SE7809741L (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4490163A (en) * 1982-03-22 1984-12-25 U.S. Philips Corporation Method of manufacturing a fiber-optical coupling element
JPS60217312A (en) * 1984-04-13 1985-10-30 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Optical cable transmission line
JPS60217313A (en) * 1984-04-13 1985-10-30 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Distributing and coupling circuit of optical fiber
GB8426008D0 (en) * 1984-10-15 1984-11-21 Telephone Cables Ltd Optical communication systems
GB2191597B (en) * 1986-02-21 1989-11-15 Plessey Co Plc Interwined monomode fibre-optic coupler.
GB8707853D0 (en) * 1987-04-02 1987-05-07 British Telecomm Forming optical fibre junction

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GB2030318A (en) 1980-04-02
SE7809741L (en) 1980-03-16

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