HK132696A - A method of forming an optical fibre coupler and a coupler so formed - Google Patents

A method of forming an optical fibre coupler and a coupler so formed

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HK132696A
HK132696A HK132696A HK132696A HK132696A HK 132696 A HK132696 A HK 132696A HK 132696 A HK132696 A HK 132696A HK 132696 A HK132696 A HK 132696A HK 132696 A HK132696 A HK 132696A
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Hong Kong
Prior art keywords
coupler
fibre
pct
fibres
central
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HK132696A
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English (en)
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David Bryan Mortimore
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British Telecomm
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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
    • 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
    • G02B6/2856—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 formed or shaped by thermal heating means, e.g. splitting, branching and/or combining elements

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Gyroscopes (AREA)
  • Surface Treatment Of Glass Fibres Or Filaments (AREA)
HK132696A 1989-03-20 1996-07-25 A method of forming an optical fibre coupler and a coupler so formed HK132696A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB898906327A GB8906327D0 (en) 1989-03-20 1989-03-20 A method of forming an optical fibre star coupler and a coupler so formed
PCT/GB1990/000419 WO1990011540A1 (en) 1989-03-20 1990-03-20 A method of forming an optical fibre coupler and a coupler so formed

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HK132696A true HK132696A (en) 1996-08-02

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US (1) US5175779A (de)
EP (1) EP0464079B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH04504179A (de)
KR (1) KR920701844A (de)
AT (1) ATE144625T1 (de)
AU (1) AU633552B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2046286C (de)
DE (1) DE69028986T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2093643T3 (de)
GB (2) GB8906327D0 (de)
HK (2) HK132696A (de)
WO (1) WO1990011540A1 (de)

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GB9116497D0 (en) 1991-09-11
GB2247539A (en) 1992-03-04
WO1990011540A1 (en) 1990-10-04
JPH04504179A (ja) 1992-07-23
ATE144625T1 (de) 1996-11-15
CA2046286A1 (en) 1990-09-21
EP0464079A1 (de) 1992-01-08
HK110097A (en) 1997-08-22
EP0464079B1 (de) 1996-10-23
GB2247539B (en) 1993-08-04
DE69028986T2 (de) 1997-04-03
ES2093643T3 (es) 1997-01-01
KR920701844A (ko) 1992-08-12
GB8906327D0 (en) 1989-05-04
AU5283390A (en) 1990-10-22
CA2046286C (en) 1997-12-02
AU633552B2 (en) 1993-02-04
US5175779A (en) 1992-12-29
DE69028986D1 (de) 1996-11-28

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