GB8716361D0 - Fibre optic tap - Google Patents

Fibre optic tap

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Publication number
GB8716361D0
GB8716361D0 GB878716361A GB8716361A GB8716361D0 GB 8716361 D0 GB8716361 D0 GB 8716361D0 GB 878716361 A GB878716361 A GB 878716361A GB 8716361 A GB8716361 A GB 8716361A GB 8716361 D0 GB8716361 D0 GB 8716361D0
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Prior art keywords
fibre optic
optic tap
tap
fibre
optic
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GB878716361A
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GB2206705B (en
GB2206705A (en
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STC PLC
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STC PLC
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Priority to GB8716361A priority Critical patent/GB2206705B/en
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Publication of GB2206705A publication Critical patent/GB2206705A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2206705B publication Critical patent/GB2206705B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • 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
    • G02B6/4287—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
    • 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
    • G02B6/4429—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables
    • G02B6/443—Protective covering
    • G02B6/4431—Protective covering with provision in the protective covering, e.g. weak line, for gaining access to one or more fibres, e.g. for branching or tapping

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB8716361A 1987-07-10 1987-07-10 Optical tap Expired - Fee Related GB2206705B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8716361A GB2206705B (en) 1987-07-10 1987-07-10 Optical tap

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8716361A GB2206705B (en) 1987-07-10 1987-07-10 Optical tap

Publications (3)

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GB8716361D0 true GB8716361D0 (en) 1987-08-19
GB2206705A GB2206705A (en) 1989-01-11
GB2206705B GB2206705B (en) 1991-01-23

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Family Applications (1)

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GB8716361A Expired - Fee Related GB2206705B (en) 1987-07-10 1987-07-10 Optical tap

Country Status (1)

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Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4802723A (en) * 1982-09-09 1989-02-07 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Optical fiber tap
EP0125282B1 (en) * 1982-10-27 1992-08-26 RAYCHEM CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) Optical fiber tap
GB2179468A (en) * 1985-08-20 1987-03-04 Pirelli General Plc Optical coupler for an optical fibre

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GB2206705B (en) 1991-01-23
GB2206705A (en) 1989-01-11

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