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DE68909300D1 - Optischer NxN-Sternkoppler. - Google Patents

Optischer NxN-Sternkoppler.

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Publication number
DE68909300D1
DE68909300D1 DE89304298T DE68909300T DE68909300D1 DE 68909300 D1 DE68909300 D1 DE 68909300D1 DE 89304298 T DE89304298 T DE 89304298T DE 68909300 T DE68909300 T DE 68909300T DE 68909300 D1 DE68909300 D1 DE 68909300D1
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Prior art keywords
star coupler
optical
nxn star
optical nxn
coupler
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DE89304298T
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DE68909300T2 (de
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Corrado Dragone
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50—Transmitters
    • 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/2808—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 a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
DE89304298T 1988-05-03 1989-04-28 Optischer NxN-Sternkoppler. Expired - Fee Related DE68909300T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US07/189,900 US4904042A (en) 1988-05-03 1988-05-03 N×N optical star coupler

Publications (2)

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DE68909300D1 true DE68909300D1 (de) 1993-10-28
DE68909300T2 DE68909300T2 (de) 1994-04-07

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US (1) US4904042A (de)
EP (1) EP0340987B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH01314211A (de)
KR (1) KR970004779B1 (de)
CA (1) CA1313785C (de)
DE (1) DE68909300T2 (de)

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Publication number Publication date
EP0340987B1 (de) 1993-09-22
KR970004779B1 (ko) 1997-04-03
US4904042A (en) 1990-02-27
KR900019415A (ko) 1990-12-24
JPH0439049B2 (de) 1992-06-26
JPH01314211A (ja) 1989-12-19
CA1313785C (en) 1993-02-23
EP0340987A3 (en) 1990-08-01
EP0340987A2 (de) 1989-11-08
DE68909300T2 (de) 1994-04-07

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