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GB2380257B - Monitor for an optical fibre - Google Patents

Monitor for an optical fibre

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Publication number
GB2380257B
GB2380257B GB0123367A GB0123367A GB2380257B GB 2380257 B GB2380257 B GB 2380257B GB 0123367 A GB0123367 A GB 0123367A GB 0123367 A GB0123367 A GB 0123367A GB 2380257 B GB2380257 B GB 2380257B
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Prior art keywords
monitor
optical fibre
fibre
optical
Prior art date
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 - Fee Related
Application number
GB0123367A
Other versions
GB2380257A (en
GB0123367D0 (en
Inventor
Ian Peter Giles
Rodney Babcock
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.)
PROTODEL INTERNAT Ltd
RMS TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS Ltd
British Technology Group Inter Corporate Licensing Ltd
Original Assignee
PROTODEL INTERNAT Ltd
RMS TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS Ltd
British Technology Group Inter Corporate Licensing Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by PROTODEL INTERNAT Ltd, RMS TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS Ltd, British Technology Group Inter Corporate Licensing Ltd filed Critical PROTODEL INTERNAT Ltd
Priority to GB0123367A priority Critical patent/GB2380257B/en
Publication of GB0123367D0 publication Critical patent/GB0123367D0/en
Priority to PCT/GB2002/004437 priority patent/WO2003030409A1/en
Publication of GB2380257A publication Critical patent/GB2380257A/en
Priority to US10/810,345 priority patent/US20050074208A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2380257B publication Critical patent/GB2380257B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01JMEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
    • G01J1/00Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter
    • G01J1/42Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
    • G01J1/4257Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors applied to monitoring the characteristics of a beam, e.g. laser beam, headlamp beam
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01JMEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
    • G01J9/00Measuring optical phase difference; Determining degree of coherence; Measuring optical wavelength
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01MTESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M11/00Testing of optical apparatus; Testing structures by optical methods not otherwise provided for
    • G01M11/30Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides
    • G01M11/35Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides in which light is transversely coupled into or out of the fibre or waveguide, e.g. using integrating spheres
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804Optical 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
    • G02B6/2852Optical 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 tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/4213Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical elements being polarisation selective optical elements
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/4215Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements, e.g. variable wavelength optical modules or wavelength lockers
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4286Optical modules with optical power monitoring
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4287Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide
    • G02B6/429Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide by surface irregularities on the light guide, e.g. by mechanical modification of the surface of the light guide on its exterior
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/264Optical coupling means with optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting
    • G02B6/266Optical coupling means with optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting the optical element being an attenuator
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4249Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details comprising arrays of active devices and fibres

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB0123367A 2001-09-28 2001-09-28 Monitor for an optical fibre Expired - Fee Related GB2380257B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0123367A GB2380257B (en) 2001-09-28 2001-09-28 Monitor for an optical fibre
PCT/GB2002/004437 WO2003030409A1 (en) 2001-09-28 2002-09-27 Monitor for an optical fibre and multi-guide optical fibre circuits and methods of making them
US10/810,345 US20050074208A1 (en) 2001-09-28 2004-03-26 Monitor for an optical fibre and multi-guide optical fibre circuits and methods of making them

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB0123367A GB2380257B (en) 2001-09-28 2001-09-28 Monitor for an optical fibre

Publications (3)

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GB0123367D0 GB0123367D0 (en) 2001-11-21
GB2380257A GB2380257A (en) 2003-04-02
GB2380257B true GB2380257B (en) 2005-03-23

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4556279A (en) * 1981-11-09 1985-12-03 Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Passive fiber optic multiplexer
US4666235A (en) * 1984-03-16 1987-05-19 Litton Systems, Inc. Stable fiber optic polarizer
GB2365119A (en) * 2000-06-02 2002-02-13 Oxford Fiber Optic Tools Ltd Apparatus for interrogating an optical signal

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4556279A (en) * 1981-11-09 1985-12-03 Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Passive fiber optic multiplexer
US4666235A (en) * 1984-03-16 1987-05-19 Litton Systems, Inc. Stable fiber optic polarizer
GB2365119A (en) * 2000-06-02 2002-02-13 Oxford Fiber Optic Tools Ltd Apparatus for interrogating an optical signal

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Effective date: 20120928