GB2058390B - Star coupler - Google Patents

Star coupler

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Publication number
GB2058390B
GB2058390B GB8025278A GB8025278A GB2058390B GB 2058390 B GB2058390 B GB 2058390B GB 8025278 A GB8025278 A GB 8025278A GB 8025278 A GB8025278 A GB 8025278A GB 2058390 B GB2058390 B GB 2058390B
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star coupler
star
coupler
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UK Secretary of State for Defence
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UK Secretary of State for Defence
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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
    • G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
    • G02B6/29346—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by wave or beam interference
    • G02B6/29361—Interference filters, e.g. multilayer coatings, thin film filters, dichroic splitters or mirrors based on multilayers, WDM filters
    • 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
    • G02B6/2808—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 a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4246—Bidirectionally operating package structures

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB8025278A 1979-08-10 1980-08-01 Star coupler Expired GB2058390B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8025278A GB2058390B (en) 1979-08-10 1980-08-01 Star coupler

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB7927916 1979-08-10
GB8025278A GB2058390B (en) 1979-08-10 1980-08-01 Star coupler

Publications (2)

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GB2058390A GB2058390A (en) 1981-04-08
GB2058390B true GB2058390B (en) 1983-08-10

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Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS60182403A (en) * 1984-02-29 1985-09-18 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd Optical demultiplexing element
US4714313A (en) * 1984-05-02 1987-12-22 Kaptron, Inc. Star coupler for optical fibers
DE3723170A1 (en) * 1987-07-14 1989-02-02 Rheydt Kabelwerk Ag OPTICAL STAR COUPLER
GB2220764B (en) * 1988-07-15 1992-02-19 Stc Plc Single mode couplers
DE3831839A1 (en) * 1988-09-20 1990-03-29 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag OPTICAL SEND AND / OR RECEPTION BLOCK
US5742717A (en) * 1995-10-30 1998-04-21 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Optical star coupler

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 20000731