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EP4288819A4 - MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL COUPLER ARRANGEMENT - Google Patents

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EP4288819A4
EP4288819A4 EP22750542.7A EP22750542A EP4288819A4 EP 4288819 A4 EP4288819 A4 EP 4288819A4 EP 22750542 A EP22750542 A EP 22750542A EP 4288819 A4 EP4288819 A4 EP 4288819A4
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optical coupler
channel optical
coupler arrangement
arrangement
channel
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French (fr)
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EP4288819A1 (en
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Victor Il'ich Kopp
Jongchul Park
Daniel Neugroschl
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Chiral Photonics Inc
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Chiral Photonics Inc
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Priority claimed from US17/452,173 external-priority patent/US11966091B2/en
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Publication of EP4288819A4 publication Critical patent/EP4288819A4/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
    • G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
    • 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
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/028—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating with core or cladding having graded refractive index
    • G02B6/0283—Graded index region external to the central core segment, e.g. sloping layer or triangular or trapezoidal layer
    • 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
    • G02B6/2843—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 the couplers having polarisation maintaining or holding properties

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
EP22750542.7A 2021-02-08 2022-02-07 MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL COUPLER ARRANGEMENT Pending EP4288819A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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US202163147128P 2021-02-08 2021-02-08
US202163203052P 2021-07-06 2021-07-06
US17/452,173 US11966091B2 (en) 2013-06-14 2021-10-25 Multichannel optical coupler array
PCT/US2022/015518 WO2022170205A1 (en) 2021-02-08 2022-02-07 Multichannel optical coupler array

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EP4288819A1 EP4288819A1 (en) 2023-12-13
EP4288819A4 true EP4288819A4 (en) 2024-12-25

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WO (1) WO2022170205A1 (en)

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US12210185B2 (en) 2020-02-24 2025-01-28 Chiral Photonics, Inc. Wavelength division multiplexers for space division multiplexing (SDM-WDM devices)
WO2024086536A1 (en) * 2022-10-17 2024-04-25 Chiral Photonics, Inc. Wavelength division multiplexers for space division multiplexing (sdm-wdm devices)

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US20150331180A1 (en) * 2012-12-28 2015-11-19 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Optical fiber and optical fiber silica glass base material
US20180172916A1 (en) * 2013-06-14 2018-06-21 Chiral Photonics, Inc. Multichannel optical coupler array

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