GB2379519B - System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable - Google Patents

System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable

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GB2379519B
GB2379519B GB0301155A GB0301155A GB2379519B GB 2379519 B GB2379519 B GB 2379519B GB 0301155 A GB0301155 A GB 0301155A GB 0301155 A GB0301155 A GB 0301155A GB 2379519 B GB2379519 B GB 2379519B
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information
optic fiber
significantly increasing
fiber cables
fibers per
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Yaron Mayer
Al J C Baur
Boris Dechovich
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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
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/441—Optical cables built up from sub-bundles
    • G02B6/4411—Matrix structure
    • 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
    • G02B6/2852—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)
    • 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
    • G02B6/421—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical component consisting of a short length of fibre, e.g. fibre stub
    • 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
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4415—Cables for special applications
    • G02B6/4427—Pressure resistant cables, e.g. undersea cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/094003—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light the pumped medium being a fibre
    • H01S3/094019—Side pumped fibre, whereby pump light is coupled laterally into the fibre via an optical component like a prism, or a grating, or via V-groove coupling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2383—Parallel arrangements

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Communication Cables (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB0301155A 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable Expired - Fee Related GB2379519B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL13981000A IL139810A0 (en) 2000-11-21 2000-11-21 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of concurrent communication channels
US26673101P 2001-02-05 2001-02-05
PCT/IL2001/001075 WO2002042801A2 (en) 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 High capacity optical fiber cables

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GB0301155D0 GB0301155D0 (en) 2003-02-19
GB2379519A GB2379519A (en) 2003-03-12
GB2379519B true GB2379519B (en) 2005-08-31

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DE10251975A1 (en) * 2002-09-19 2004-04-01 Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke Gmbh & Co. Kg Light waveguide cable for data transmission to receiver station has section with light waveguides with larger effective cross-section associated with one or both sides of amplifier
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US4911525A (en) * 1988-10-05 1990-03-27 Hicks John W Optical communication cable
US5319730A (en) * 1990-07-19 1994-06-07 Nokia Kaapeli Oy Cable construction containing optical fibers and reinforcement means
US5668912A (en) * 1996-02-07 1997-09-16 Alcatel Na Cable Systems, Inc. Rectangular optical fiber cable
US5964510A (en) * 1996-06-27 1999-10-12 Unisia Jecs Corporation Pump unit and brake control device using same
US5991485A (en) * 1997-04-14 1999-11-23 Swisscab S.A. Manufacturing method for an optical cable and cable obtained by such a method
EP0874261A2 (en) * 1997-04-21 1998-10-28 Lucent Technologies Inc. High density riser and plenum breakout cables for indoor and outdoor cable applications
US5857051A (en) * 1997-04-21 1999-01-05 Lucent Technologies Inc. High density riser and plenum breakout cables for indoor and outdoor cable applications
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GB0301155D0 (en) 2003-02-19
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