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Coupling device for an optical waveguide and a method for manufacturing such a device

US3977763A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1975
Grant dateAug 31, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 12, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/32
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a coupling device for an optical waveguide, using a hologram recorded in a photoresist layer arranged on a face of the waveguide, and capable of coupling a wave having a predetermined wafe front and travelling outside the waveguide and a plane wave travelling inside the guide. The invention also describes a holographic method for manufacturing such a coupling device.

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