GB8908447D0 - Optical fibre coupler manufacture - Google Patents

Optical fibre coupler manufacture

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Publication number
GB8908447D0
GB8908447D0 GB898908447A GB8908447A GB8908447D0 GB 8908447 D0 GB8908447 D0 GB 8908447D0 GB 898908447 A GB898908447 A GB 898908447A GB 8908447 A GB8908447 A GB 8908447A GB 8908447 D0 GB8908447 D0 GB 8908447D0
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optical fibre
fibre coupler
coupler manufacture
manufacture
optical
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GB2217473A (en
GB2217473B (en
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Balfour Beatty PLC
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BICC 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
    • G02B6/24—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
    • G02B6/2821—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G02B6/2835—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB8908447A 1988-04-14 1989-04-14 Optical fibre coupler manufacture Expired - Lifetime GB2217473B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB888808856A GB8808856D0 (en) 1988-04-14 1988-04-14 Optical fibre coupler manufacture

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GB8908447D0 true GB8908447D0 (en) 1989-06-01
GB2217473A GB2217473A (en) 1989-10-25
GB2217473B GB2217473B (en) 1992-02-19

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US5148508A (en) * 1991-07-25 1992-09-15 Honeywell, Inc. Optical coupler housing
JPH0534540A (en) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-12 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd Method for reinforcing optical fiber coupler
US5216731A (en) * 1991-10-15 1993-06-01 Center For Innovative Technology Fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication techniques
US5479548A (en) * 1994-05-27 1995-12-26 Honeywell Inc. Fiber-optic coupler package

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US4291940A (en) * 1977-06-13 1981-09-29 Canadian Patents & Development Ltd. Low loss access coupler for multimode optical fiber distribution systems
CA1123642A (en) * 1979-07-04 1982-05-18 Alexander W. Lightstone Multimode optical fiber coupler
CA1118621A (en) * 1979-11-01 1982-02-23 Lawrence C. Smyth Method and jig for making optical fiber couplers
EP0110917A1 (en) * 1982-06-07 1984-06-20 Hughes Aircraft Company Method for producing optical fiber access couplers and product produced thereby
GB2136985B (en) * 1983-03-22 1986-09-10 Gen Electric Plc Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing
US4586784A (en) * 1983-06-10 1986-05-06 Canadian Patents & Dev. Limited Modal-insensitive biconical taper couplers
GB2150703B (en) * 1983-11-30 1987-03-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Single mode fibre directional coupler
US4612028A (en) * 1983-12-16 1986-09-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Polarization-preserving single mode fiber coupler
EP0219096A3 (en) * 1985-10-16 1989-08-16 Hitachi, Ltd. Optical fiber star coupler and method of manufacturing the same
EP0234325A3 (en) * 1986-02-24 1988-01-07 Allied Corporation Multimode optical fiber coupler and method of manufacture thereof
EP0234326A3 (en) * 1986-02-24 1988-01-07 Allied Corporation Single mode optical fiber coupler and method of manufacture thereof
US4772085A (en) * 1986-10-28 1988-09-20 Gould Inc. Multimode fiber optic coupler and method for making
JP2721346B2 (en) * 1986-11-14 1998-03-04 ザ コモンウェルス オブ オーストラリア Forming optical fiber connections
US4869570A (en) * 1987-02-21 1989-09-26 Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation Fiber coupler and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same

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GB2217473A (en) 1989-10-25
GB8808856D0 (en) 1988-05-18
GB2217473B (en) 1992-02-19

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