Patent · US Expired

Branching element for monomode light waveguides and the method of manufacture

US4325605A · kind A · utility

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6References

3Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Winzer · Munich, DE
Franz Auracher · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 1, 1979
Grant date	Apr 20, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S359/90
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A branching element for a single mode light waveguide characterized by monomode guides extending from a semi-transmissive reflective layer that is inclined to the axis thereof and the branching light waveguide is a multimode light waveguide which is positioned to receive light reflected by the layer from one of the monomode guides. The device has a good coupling efficiency and can be manufactured by a cheap and simple process.

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