GB2220079B - Optically controlled optical power divider - Google Patents

Optically controlled optical power divider

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Publication number
GB2220079B
GB2220079B GB8814659A GB8814659A GB2220079B GB 2220079 B GB2220079 B GB 2220079B GB 8814659 A GB8814659 A GB 8814659A GB 8814659 A GB8814659 A GB 8814659A GB 2220079 B GB2220079 B GB 2220079B
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Prior art keywords
optical power
power divider
controlled optical
optically controlled
optically
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GB8814659A
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GB8814659D0 (en
GB2220079A (en
Inventor
Terry Bricheno
Terry Victor Clapp
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STC PLC
Nortel Networks Optical Components Ltd
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STC PLC
Northern Telecom Europe Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3131—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/293—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by another light beam, i.e. opto-optical deflection
GB8814659A 1988-06-21 1988-06-21 Optically controlled optical power divider Expired - Lifetime GB2220079B (en)

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GB8814659D0 GB8814659D0 (en) 1988-07-27
GB2220079A GB2220079A (en) 1989-12-28
GB2220079B true GB2220079B (en) 1992-08-12

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US5136669A (en) * 1991-03-15 1992-08-04 Sperry Marine Inc. Variable ratio fiber optic coupler optical signal processing element
GB2317236A (en) * 1996-09-10 1998-03-18 Univ Southampton Optical fibre device

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0218938A2 (en) * 1985-09-16 1987-04-22 AT&T Corp. Nonlinear optical materials and devices
GB2187858A (en) * 1986-03-12 1987-09-16 Stc Plc Variable power ratio optical fibre branching element
EP0248564A1 (en) * 1986-06-04 1987-12-09 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company Optical waveguides and their manufacture

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0218938A2 (en) * 1985-09-16 1987-04-22 AT&T Corp. Nonlinear optical materials and devices
GB2187858A (en) * 1986-03-12 1987-09-16 Stc Plc Variable power ratio optical fibre branching element
EP0248564A1 (en) * 1986-06-04 1987-12-09 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company Optical waveguides and their manufacture

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
Applied Physics Letters Vol. 50. No. 13 30 March 1987 *

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GB2220079A (en) 1989-12-28

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20040621