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Single mode fibre directional coupler manufacture

US4591372A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 28, 1984
Grant dateMay 27, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2835
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of making a single mode optical fibre directional coupler in which a pair of fibres (30,31) in side-by-side contact is subjected to a succession of drawing operations produced by traversing the fibres longitudinally through a flame (34) while stretching them between a pair of carriages (32,33) driven at slightly different speeds.

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