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Two-way optical transmission system

US4880289A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1984
Grant dateNov 14, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/2589
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A two-way optical transmission system in which a plurality of light signals of wavelengths differing one from another are transmitted through a single optical fiber from one end thereof to the other end and from the other end to the one end. One or more assemblies each including an electrooptic transmitter, a dielectric thin-film filter and a rod lens and one or more assemblies each including a rod lens, a dielectric thin-film filter and an opto-electric receiver are connected to the single optical fiber at both ends thereof, respectively.

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