GB2266160B - A method of tapping light signals from optical waveguides - Google Patents

A method of tapping light signals from optical waveguides

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GB2266160B
GB2266160B GB9307404A GB9307404A GB2266160B GB 2266160 B GB2266160 B GB 2266160B GB 9307404 A GB9307404 A GB 9307404A GB 9307404 A GB9307404 A GB 9307404A GB 2266160 B GB2266160 B GB 2266160B
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optical waveguides
light signals
tapping light
tapping
waveguides
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Goeran Palmskog
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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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
    • G02B6/30—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
    • G02B6/26—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
    • G02B6/2852—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 tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
  • Radiation-Therapy Devices (AREA)
GB9307404A 1992-04-16 1993-04-08 A method of tapping light signals from optical waveguides Expired - Lifetime GB2266160B (en)

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SE9201226A SE470146B (en) 1992-04-16 1992-04-16 Method of deflecting light signals from an optical waveguide

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GB2266160B true GB2266160B (en) 1995-04-12

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CA (1) CA2092848A1 (en)
DE (1) DE4312247C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2690254B1 (en)
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SE (1) SE470146B (en)

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GB2215079A (en) * 1988-02-11 1989-09-13 Stc Plc Coated optical fibre for use with non-intrusive taps
US4950046A (en) * 1988-03-21 1990-08-21 Northern Telecom Limited Fiber optic coupler
EP0371675A2 (en) * 1988-11-30 1990-06-06 AT&T Corp. Non-invasive optical coupler

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GB9307404D0 (en) 1993-06-02
SE470146B (en) 1993-11-15
CA2092848A1 (en) 1993-10-17
JPH06208040A (en) 1994-07-26
FR2690254B1 (en) 1994-08-05
SE9201226D0 (en) 1992-04-16
FR2690254A1 (en) 1993-10-22
SE9201226L (en) 1993-10-17
GB2266160A (en) 1993-10-20
DE4312247C2 (en) 2003-03-06

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