GB2162336B - Bi-directional optical fibre coupler - Google Patents

Bi-directional optical fibre coupler

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Publication number
GB2162336B
GB2162336B GB08419007A GB8419007A GB2162336B GB 2162336 B GB2162336 B GB 2162336B GB 08419007 A GB08419007 A GB 08419007A GB 8419007 A GB8419007 A GB 8419007A GB 2162336 B GB2162336 B GB 2162336B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
directional optical
fibre coupler
coupler
directional
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GB08419007A
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GB8419007D0 (en
GB2162336A (en
Inventor
Harold Roberts
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Magnetic Controls Co
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Magnetic Controls Co
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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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • 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
    • G02B6/2817—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 reflective elements 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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
    • 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)
GB08419007A 1984-07-25 1984-07-25 Bi-directional optical fibre coupler Expired GB2162336B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08419007A GB2162336B (en) 1984-07-25 1984-07-25 Bi-directional optical fibre coupler

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08419007A GB2162336B (en) 1984-07-25 1984-07-25 Bi-directional optical fibre coupler

Publications (3)

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GB8419007D0 GB8419007D0 (en) 1984-08-30
GB2162336A GB2162336A (en) 1986-01-29
GB2162336B true GB2162336B (en) 1988-07-13

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US5195154A (en) * 1990-04-27 1993-03-16 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Optical surface mount technology (o-smt), optical surface mount circuit (o-smc), opto-electronic printed wiring board (oe-pwb), opto-electronic surface mount device (oe-smd), and methods of fabricating opto-electronic printed wiring board
EP0463214B1 (en) * 1990-06-27 1995-09-13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Transmitting- and receiving module for a bidirectional optical communication- and signal-transmission
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DE4238203C2 (en) * 1992-11-09 1996-04-04 Siemens Ag Coupling module
DE69416016T2 (en) * 1993-02-23 1999-07-15 The Whitaker Corp., Wilmington, Del. Fiber optic coupling device
US5621573A (en) * 1995-05-18 1997-04-15 The Whitaker Corporation Microoptic bidirectional module
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US5692083A (en) * 1996-03-13 1997-11-25 The Whitaker Corporation In-line unitary optical device mount and package therefor
US5867622A (en) * 1997-07-15 1999-02-02 Kyocera Corporation Module for optical communication
EP1298475A1 (en) * 2001-09-27 2003-04-02 Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) A method of assembling opto-electrical arrangements and an assembly obtained thereby
US7729569B2 (en) * 2002-12-05 2010-06-01 Ezconn Corporation Optical transmitter and/or receiver assembly comprising a planar optical circuit
EP1672402A1 (en) * 2004-12-15 2006-06-21 Infineon Technologies Fiber Optics GmbH Transmission and reception module for bidirectional optical signal transmission

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DE2851679C2 (en) * 1978-11-29 1983-02-17 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Process for the production of a branching element according to the beam splitter principle
US4423922A (en) * 1978-12-18 1984-01-03 The Boeing Company Directional coupler for optical communications system
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US4496211A (en) * 1980-12-05 1985-01-29 Maurice Daniel Lightpipe network with optical devices for distributing electromagnetic radiation

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GB2162336A (en) 1986-01-29

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Legal Events

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