GB2124403B - Optical coupler - Google Patents

Optical coupler

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Publication number
GB2124403B
GB2124403B GB08317963A GB8317963A GB2124403B GB 2124403 B GB2124403 B GB 2124403B GB 08317963 A GB08317963 A GB 08317963A GB 8317963 A GB8317963 A GB 8317963A GB 2124403 B GB2124403 B GB 2124403B
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Prior art keywords
optical coupler
coupler
optical
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Expired
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GB08317963A
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GB8317963D0 (en
GB2124403A (en
Inventor
Wilhelm Koester
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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
    • G02B6/26—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
    • 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
    • G02B6/241—Light guide terminations
    • G02B6/243—Light guide terminations as light absorbers
    • 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
    • G02B6/2552—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding reshaping or reforming of light guides for coupling using thermal heating, e.g. tapering, forming of a lens on light guide ends
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB08317963A 1982-07-01 1983-07-01 Optical coupler Expired GB2124403B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19823224518 DE3224518A1 (en) 1982-07-01 1982-07-01 OPTICAL COUPLER

Publications (3)

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GB8317963D0 GB8317963D0 (en) 1983-08-03
GB2124403A GB2124403A (en) 1984-02-15
GB2124403B true GB2124403B (en) 1985-07-17

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US6002829A (en) 1992-03-23 1999-12-14 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Luminaire device
US6018419A (en) 1995-06-26 2000-01-25 3M Intellectual Properties Company Diffuse reflectors
US6096375A (en) 1993-12-21 2000-08-01 3M Innovative Properties Company Optical polarizer
US7852560B2 (en) 1993-12-21 2010-12-14 3M Innovative Properties Company Display incorporating reflective polarizer

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US5263103A (en) * 1992-11-16 1993-11-16 At&T Bell Laboratories Apparatus comprising a low reflection optical fiber termination
US5432338A (en) * 1993-10-28 1995-07-11 Alliedsignal Inc. Silicon opto-electronic integrated circuit for fiber optic gyros or communication
EP0928432A2 (en) * 1996-09-24 1999-07-14 Cary Bloom Apparatus and method for controlled heating and deforming of an optic fiber
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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5528720A (en) 1992-03-23 1996-06-18 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Co. Tapered multilayer luminaire devices
US5594830A (en) 1992-03-23 1997-01-14 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Co. Luminaire device
US6002829A (en) 1992-03-23 1999-12-14 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Luminaire device
US6096375A (en) 1993-12-21 2000-08-01 3M Innovative Properties Company Optical polarizer
US7852560B2 (en) 1993-12-21 2010-12-14 3M Innovative Properties Company Display incorporating reflective polarizer
US6018419A (en) 1995-06-26 2000-01-25 3M Intellectual Properties Company Diffuse reflectors

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GB8317963D0 (en) 1983-08-03
DE3224518A1 (en) 1984-01-05
GB2124403A (en) 1984-02-15

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Legal Events

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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