GB2232265A - Optical coupling device - Google Patents

Optical coupling device

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GB2232265A
GB2232265A GB8920025A GB8920025A GB2232265A GB 2232265 A GB2232265 A GB 2232265A GB 8920025 A GB8920025 A GB 8920025A GB 8920025 A GB8920025 A GB 8920025A GB 2232265 A GB2232265 A GB 2232265A
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coupling device
optical coupling
optical
coupling
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GB8920025A
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GB2232265B (en
GB8920025D0 (en
Inventor
Simon Mark James
Mark Davison
Stephen Hornung
Michael Harry Reeve
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British Telecommunications PLC
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British Telecommunications PLC
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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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/14—Mode converters
    • 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
    • G02B6/4286—Optical modules with optical power monitoring
    • 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
    • G02B6/4287—Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide
    • G02B6/4289—Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide by inducing bending, microbending or macrobending, to the light guide
GB8920025A 1987-03-24 1988-03-24 Optical coupling device Expired - Fee Related GB2232265B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB878706929A GB8706929D0 (en) 1987-03-24 1987-03-24 Optical coupling device
PCT/GB1988/000225 WO1988007689A1 (en) 1987-03-24 1988-03-24 Optical coupling device

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GB8920025D0 GB8920025D0 (en) 1990-02-21
GB2232265A true GB2232265A (en) 1990-12-05
GB2232265B GB2232265B (en) 1991-05-08

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GB878706929A Pending GB8706929D0 (en) 1987-03-24 1987-03-24 Optical coupling device
GB8920025A Expired - Fee Related GB2232265B (en) 1987-03-24 1988-03-24 Optical coupling device

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GB878706929A Pending GB8706929D0 (en) 1987-03-24 1987-03-24 Optical coupling device

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US (1) US4983007A (en)
EP (1) EP0362208B1 (en)
AU (1) AU605856B2 (en)
DE (1) DE3886935T2 (en)
GB (2) GB8706929D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1988007689A1 (en)

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EP0326761A1 (en) 1987-12-23 1989-08-09 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company Endface assessment

Also Published As

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EP0362208A1 (en) 1990-04-11
GB8706929D0 (en) 1987-04-29
US4983007A (en) 1991-01-08
WO1988007689A1 (en) 1988-10-06
AU605856B2 (en) 1991-01-24
AU1498188A (en) 1988-11-02
EP0362208B1 (en) 1994-01-05
DE3886935T2 (en) 1994-05-05
GB2232265B (en) 1991-05-08
GB8920025D0 (en) 1990-02-21
DE3886935D1 (en) 1994-02-17

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