GB2136985B - Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing - Google Patents

Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing

Info

Publication number: GB2136985B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: fusing; optical fibres; couplers; fabricating; fabricating couplers
Prior art date: 1983-03-22
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.): Expired

Application number

GB08406274A

Other versions

GB2136985A (en

GB8406274D0 (en

Inventor

Leslie John Arnold

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.)

General Electric Co PLC

Original Assignee

General Electric Co PLC

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.)

1983-03-22

Filing date

1984-03-09

Publication date

1986-09-10

1983-03-22 Priority claimed from GB838307850A external-priority patent/GB8307850D0/en

1984-03-09 Application filed by General Electric Co PLC filed Critical General Electric Co PLC

1984-03-09 Priority to GB08406274A priority Critical patent/GB2136985B/en

1984-04-11 Publication of GB8406274D0 publication Critical patent/GB8406274D0/en

1984-09-26 Publication of GB2136985A publication Critical patent/GB2136985A/en

1986-09-10 Application granted granted Critical

1986-09-10 Publication of GB2136985B publication Critical patent/GB2136985B/en

Status Expired 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
- 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

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)

GB08406274A 1983-03-22 1984-03-09 Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing Expired GB2136985B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB08406274A GB2136985B (en)	1983-03-22	1984-03-09	Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB838307850A GB8307850D0 (en)	1983-03-22	1983-03-22	Fabricating couplers in fibres
GB08406274A GB2136985B (en)	1983-03-22	1984-03-09	Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8406274D0 GB8406274D0 (en)	1984-04-11
GB2136985A GB2136985A (en)	1984-09-26
GB2136985B true GB2136985B (en)	1986-09-10

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB08406274A Expired GB2136985B (en)	1983-03-22	1984-03-09	Fabricating couplers in optical fibres by fusing

Country Status (1)

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GB (1)	GB2136985B (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB8629123D0 (en) *	1986-12-05	1987-01-14	Hussey C D	Fibre optic components
GB2207255B (en) *	1987-07-18	1991-03-20	Stc Plc	Removing optical fibre encapsulation with a heated gas jet
GB8808856D0 (en) *	1988-04-14	1988-05-18	Bicc Plc	Optical fibre coupler manufacture

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB1484207A (en) *	1975-01-23	1977-09-01	Standard Telephones Cables Ltd	Optical fibre optical power dividers
US4291940A (en) *	1977-06-13	1981-09-29	Canadian Patents & Development Ltd.	Low loss access coupler for multimode optical fiber distribution systems
ATE4889T1 (en) *	1979-05-01	1983-10-15	The Post Office	DEVICE FOR CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS.
DE3236810A1 (en) *	1981-10-07	1983-04-21	International Standard Electric Corp., 10022 New York, N.Y.	METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COUPLER

1984
- 1984-03-09 GB GB08406274A patent/GB2136985B/en not_active Expired

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GB8406274D0 (en)	1984-04-11

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1988-11-16	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee