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Bright fiber-free biconically tapered couplers

US4687284A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1984
Grant dateAug 18, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2856
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A biconically tapered passive star optical coupler has mutually exclusive input and output optical fibers, so that optical power injected into any one of the input fibers is relatively uniformally distributed to all of the output fibers.

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