Multiple-fiber optical component and method for manufacturing of the same
US4900118A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49799
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Opposed ones of optical fibers respectively secured in a plurality of guide grooves formed in first and second blocks, are jointed to each other through an optical film formed on at least one of their opposed inclined end faces in such a way that their optical axes are aligned with each other. Further, each of optical fibers similarly disposed on a third block is formed at its one end face with a total reflection film and is arranged in parallel to the optical fibers of the first and second blocks in such a way that an optical signal incident to the respective fibers of the first block is propagated through the splitting films and total reflection films along optical axes of the associated optical fibers of the third block.
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