WO2003098301A3 - Fibre optic connector - Google Patents

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WO2003098301A3
WO2003098301A3 PCT/GB2003/001994 GB0301994W WO03098301A3 WO 2003098301 A3 WO2003098301 A3 WO 2003098301A3 GB 0301994 W GB0301994 W GB 0301994W WO 03098301 A3 WO03098301 A3 WO 03098301A3
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fibre
grin lens
pitch
optic connector
fibre optic
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PCT/GB2003/001994
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James Gordon Burnett
Peter Arthur Lloyd
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Qinetiq Ltd
James Gordon Burnett
Peter Arthur Lloyd
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Priority to AU2003233889A priority Critical patent/AU2003233889A1/en
Publication of WO2003098301A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003098301A2/en
Publication of WO2003098301A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003098301A3/en

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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
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends
    • 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
    • G02B6/2848—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 having refractive means, e.g. imaging elements between light guides as splitting, branching and/or combining devices, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • 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
    • G02B6/43—Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)

Abstract

A method and apparatus for connecting an optical fibre mounted internally inside a composite structure to an external optical fibre. The method uses a 0.5 pitch GRIN lens mounted partly inside the structure with its optical axis offset from that of the internal fibre. The opposite end of the GRIN lens connects optically to the external fibre, also offset by the same amount but opposite side. Light is transmitted between the two fibres via the GRIN lens. Alternatively, the single 0.5 pitch GRIN lens may be two 0.25 pitch GRIN lenses separated by a glass channel. This allows the internal fibre to be mounted deeper inside the structure.
PCT/GB2003/001994 2002-05-18 2003-05-07 Fibre optic connector WO2003098301A2 (en)

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AU2003233889A AU2003233889A1 (en) 2002-05-18 2003-05-07 Fibre optic connector

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GB0211467.6 2002-05-18
GB0211467A GB0211467D0 (en) 2002-05-18 2002-05-18 Fibre optic connector

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DE3932655A1 (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-04-11 Siemens Ag Optical fibre coupler to planar optical waveguide - has substrate surface oblique to fibre long axis in beam path of output light beam
US5355429A (en) * 1992-12-30 1994-10-11 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Optical fiber strain relief apparatus
EP0933659A1 (en) * 1998-01-29 1999-08-04 Jds Fitel Inc. Method and device for coupling optical fibers using lenses
US6035084A (en) * 1997-11-13 2000-03-07 Mcdonell Douglas Corporation Fiber optic connector and associated method for establishing an optical connection with an optical fiber embedded within a composite structure
WO2001081961A2 (en) * 2000-04-25 2001-11-01 Standard Mems, Inc. Method for aligning optical components

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3932655A1 (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-04-11 Siemens Ag Optical fibre coupler to planar optical waveguide - has substrate surface oblique to fibre long axis in beam path of output light beam
US5355429A (en) * 1992-12-30 1994-10-11 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Optical fiber strain relief apparatus
US6035084A (en) * 1997-11-13 2000-03-07 Mcdonell Douglas Corporation Fiber optic connector and associated method for establishing an optical connection with an optical fiber embedded within a composite structure
EP0933659A1 (en) * 1998-01-29 1999-08-04 Jds Fitel Inc. Method and device for coupling optical fibers using lenses
WO2001081961A2 (en) * 2000-04-25 2001-11-01 Standard Mems, Inc. Method for aligning optical components

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