AU1803888A - Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof - Google Patents

Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof

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Publication number: AU1803888A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: fabrication; fibre optic; optic couplers; asymmetric; asymmetric fibre
Prior art date: 1987-06-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

AU18038/88A

Other versions

AU597178B2 (en

Inventor

John Duncan Love

Peter Robert Ashwell Lyons

Johnathan Anthony Maine

Scott Clarence Rashleigh

David Allen Thorncraft

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Australian Government

Original Assignee

Australian Government

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1987-06-05

Filing date

1988-06-06

Publication date

1989-01-04

1988-06-06 Application filed by Australian Government filed Critical Australian Government

1988-06-06 Priority to AU18038/88A priority Critical patent/AU597178B2/en

1989-01-04 Publication of AU1803888A publication Critical patent/AU1803888A/en

1990-05-24 Application granted granted Critical

1990-05-24 Publication of AU597178B2 publication Critical patent/AU597178B2/en

2008-06-06 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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
- 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
- G02B6/2826—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 using mechanical machining means for shaping of the couplers, e.g. grinding or polishing
- 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
- 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)
Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)

AU18038/88A 1987-06-05 1988-06-06 Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof Ceased AU597178B2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AU18038/88A AU597178B2 (en)	1987-06-05	1988-06-06	Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AUPI2342		1987-06-05
AUPI234287		1987-06-05
AUPI575087		1987-12-04
AUPI5750		1987-12-04
AU18038/88A AU597178B2 (en)	1987-06-05	1988-06-06	Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU1803888A true AU1803888A (en)	1989-01-04
AU597178B2 AU597178B2 (en)	1990-05-24

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU18038/88A Ceased AU597178B2 (en)	1987-06-05	1988-06-06	Asymmetric fibre optic couplers and fabrication thereof

Country Status (1)

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AU (1)	AU597178B2 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE3919263A1 (en) *	1989-06-13	1990-12-20	Hoechst Ag	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A STAR COUPLER FROM POLYMER LIGHT-WAVE LADDERS

1988
- 1988-06-06 AU AU18038/88A patent/AU597178B2/en not_active Ceased

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