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AU2002239305A1 - Photothermal optical signal limiter - Google Patents

Photothermal optical signal limiter

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Publication number
AU2002239305A1
AU2002239305A1 AU2002239305A AU3930502A AU2002239305A1 AU 2002239305 A1 AU2002239305 A1 AU 2002239305A1 AU 2002239305 A AU2002239305 A AU 2002239305A AU 3930502 A AU3930502 A AU 3930502A AU 2002239305 A1 AU2002239305 A1 AU 2002239305A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
optical signal
signal limiter
photothermal optical
photothermal
limiter
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Abandoned
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AU2002239305A
Inventor
Dana C. Bookbinder
Stephen J Caracci
Michael E. Derosa
Thomas M. Leslie
Stephan L. Logunov
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Corning Inc
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Corning Inc
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Publication of AU2002239305A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002239305A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/0147—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on thermo-optic effects
    • 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
    • G02B6/264—Optical coupling means with optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
AU2002239305A 2000-12-20 2001-11-15 Photothermal optical signal limiter Abandoned AU2002239305A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/741,945 2000-12-20
US09/741,945 US6415075B1 (en) 2000-12-20 2000-12-20 Photothermal optical signal limiter
PCT/US2001/043576 WO2002050586A2 (en) 2000-12-20 2001-11-15 Photothermal optical signal limiter

Publications (1)

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AU2002239305A1 true AU2002239305A1 (en) 2002-07-01

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US (1) US6415075B1 (en)
AU (2) AU2002239305A1 (en)
WO (2) WO2002050586A2 (en)

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US6415075B1 (en) 2002-07-02
WO2002050586A3 (en) 2002-08-22
US20020076148A1 (en) 2002-06-20
WO2002050587A1 (en) 2002-06-27
WO2002050586A2 (en) 2002-06-27
AU2002226974A1 (en) 2002-07-01

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