Transmissive single-mode fiber optics star network
US4708424A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 1984 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S359/90
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and method for interconnection for fabrication of combinatorial transmissive star couplers suitable for single-mode fiber optic local area networks. Various types of couplers including evanescent wave couplers are utilized to synthesize artibrarily large fiber optics star couplers free of multi-path interference providing high quality single-mode capability.
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