GB2143394B - Passive optical coupler - Google Patents

Passive optical coupler

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Publication number
GB2143394B
GB2143394B GB08417523A GB8417523A GB2143394B GB 2143394 B GB2143394 B GB 2143394B GB 08417523 A GB08417523 A GB 08417523A GB 8417523 A GB8417523 A GB 8417523A GB 2143394 B GB2143394 B GB 2143394B
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optical coupler
passive optical
passive
coupler
optical
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GB08417523A
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GB2143394A (en
GB8417523D0 (en
Inventor
Thomas Huntington Wood
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2581—Multimode transmission
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Small-Scale Networks (AREA)
GB08417523A 1983-07-15 1984-07-10 Passive optical coupler Expired GB2143394B (en)

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US51430283A 1983-07-15 1983-07-15

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GB8417523D0 GB8417523D0 (en) 1984-08-15
GB2143394A GB2143394A (en) 1985-02-06
GB2143394B true GB2143394B (en) 1986-07-09

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JP (1) JPS6042715A (en)
BE (1) BE900162A (en)
DE (1) DE3425927A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2549240A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2143394B (en)
NL (1) NL8402232A (en)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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DE3689040T2 (en) * 1986-01-06 1994-04-14 American Telephone & Telegraph Single mode fiber optic communication system.
US4810052A (en) * 1986-01-07 1989-03-07 Litton Systems, Inc Fiber optic bidirectional data bus tap
US4828350A (en) * 1986-01-17 1989-05-09 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Fiber optic mode selector
US6151431A (en) * 1998-11-24 2000-11-21 Lucent Technologies Inc. Compact non-blocking non-dilated optical switch using mode conversion
AU2003228087A1 (en) * 2002-05-28 2003-12-12 Optun (Bvi) Ltd. Induced optical waveguide device
US7609918B2 (en) 2002-05-28 2009-10-27 Optun (Bvi) Ltd. Method and apparatus for optical mode division multiplexing and demultiplexing
US7424193B2 (en) 2004-07-14 2008-09-09 The Regents Of The University Of Michigan Composite waveguide
JP4571160B2 (en) * 2007-02-27 2010-10-27 日本電信電話株式会社 Propagation mode selector and optical transmission system

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NL8402232A (en) 1985-02-01
BE900162A (en) 1984-11-05
DE3425927A1 (en) 1985-01-24
GB2143394A (en) 1985-02-06
FR2549240A1 (en) 1985-01-18
JPS6042715A (en) 1985-03-07
GB8417523D0 (en) 1984-08-15

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