OPTICAL COUPLER

An optical coupler comprising N (where N stands for an integer of not less than 2) optical fibers having one end coupled and the other end branched, and N optical coupler parts. The coupling end of each optical fiber comprises two planes angled at 360 DEG /N, including a fiber-abutting plane incline...

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Main Authors HIROSHI OKADA, MASATOSHI TODA, SHINGO SUZUKI, MANABU KAGAMI, MASAYOSHI KOMIYA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.05.1992
Edition5
Subjects
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE
TRANSPORTING
WORKING OF PLASTICS
WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Summary:An optical coupler comprising N (where N stands for an integer of not less than 2) optical fibers having one end coupled and the other end branched, and N optical coupler parts. The coupling end of each optical fiber comprises two planes angled at 360 DEG /N, including a fiber-abutting plane inclined at an angle theta to the optical fiber axis, and also a light-coupling plane perpendicular to the abutting plane. Each of the optical coupler parts is constructed by inserting an optical fiber in an optical fiber-retaining hole (12) of a block (1, 2) and forming a fiber-abutting plane and a light-coupling plane perpendicular to the abutting plane. The fiber-abutting planes of the optical coupler parts are eengaged with each other to construct an optical coupler.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19880014694