JP5591478B2 - プラスチック光ファイバベースの反射スターカプラおよび反射スターカプラの製造方法 - Google Patents

プラスチック光ファイバベースの反射スターカプラおよび反射スターカプラの製造方法 Download PDF

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JP5591478B2
JP5591478B2 JP2009056784A JP2009056784A JP5591478B2 JP 5591478 B2 JP5591478 B2 JP 5591478B2 JP 2009056784 A JP2009056784 A JP 2009056784A JP 2009056784 A JP2009056784 A JP 2009056784A JP 5591478 B2 JP5591478 B2 JP 5591478B2
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
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    • 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
    • G02B6/2817—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 reflective elements to split or combine optical signals
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