HK132996A - Optical coupler - Google Patents

Optical coupler

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Publication number
HK132996A
HK132996A HK132996A HK132996A HK132996A HK 132996 A HK132996 A HK 132996A HK 132996 A HK132996 A HK 132996A HK 132996 A HK132996 A HK 132996A HK 132996 A HK132996 A HK 132996A
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Hong Kong
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HK132996A
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English (en)
Inventor
David Wynford Faulkner
Philip John Smith
Original Assignee
British Telecomm
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Publication of HK132996A publication Critical patent/HK132996A/xx

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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/27Arrangements for networking
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804Optical 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
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804Optical 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
    • G02B6/2821Optical 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
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/27Arrangements for networking
    • H04B10/272Star-type networks or tree-type networks
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29Repeaters
    • H04B10/291Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04JMULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J14/00Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02Wavelength-division multiplex systems

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Silicon Polymers (AREA)
  • Use Of Switch Circuits For Exchanges And Methods Of Control Of Multiplex Exchanges (AREA)
HK132996A 1989-09-01 1996-07-25 Optical coupler HK132996A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB898919799A GB8919799D0 (en) 1989-09-01 1989-09-01 Optical coupler
PCT/GB1990/001282 WO1991003753A1 (en) 1989-09-01 1990-08-14 Optical coupler

Publications (1)

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HK132996A true HK132996A (en) 1996-08-02

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Country Status (10)

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US (1) US5448663A (xx)
EP (1) EP0489807B1 (xx)
JP (1) JP3341891B2 (xx)
AT (1) ATE129815T1 (xx)
CA (1) CA2065304C (xx)
DE (1) DE69023344T2 (xx)
FI (1) FI920931A0 (xx)
GB (1) GB8919799D0 (xx)
HK (1) HK132996A (xx)
WO (1) WO1991003753A1 (xx)

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Publication number Publication date
GB8919799D0 (en) 1989-10-18
DE69023344T2 (de) 1996-03-21
EP0489807B1 (en) 1995-11-02
DE69023344D1 (de) 1995-12-07
WO1991003753A1 (en) 1991-03-21
FI920931A0 (fi) 1992-03-02
JPH05500440A (ja) 1993-01-28
JP3341891B2 (ja) 2002-11-05
US5448663A (en) 1995-09-05
EP0489807A1 (en) 1992-06-17
ATE129815T1 (de) 1995-11-15
CA2065304C (en) 1999-07-13
CA2065304A1 (en) 1991-03-02

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