Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

Okada, Hiroshi

Toda, Masatoshi

Suzuki, Shingo

Komiya, Masayoshi

Kagami, Manabu

Manabu Kagami

Shingo Suzuki

Hiroshi Okada

Masatoshi Toda

Masayoshi Komiya

Chiaki Suematsu

Disclosed is a light attenuator comprising a stick or rod composed of a light-transmitting material, and a light-attenuating layer composed of a thermoplastic resin and formed on at least one end face of the stick or rod, wherein finely divided particles having a light-absorbing or light-scattering property are uniformly incorporated in the thermoplastic resin. This light attenuator is made by forming a light-attenuating thermoplastic resin layer having incorporated therein the light-absorbing or light scattering finely divided particles on a release film or paper; placing the light-attenuating layer formed on the release film or paper on a heating plate; press-bonding the end face of a rod or stick composed of a light-transmitting material inserted and set in a ferrule to the surface of the release film or paper; cooling the bonded assembly; and then peeling the release film or paper to transfer the light-attenuating layer to the end face of the light-transmitting rod or stick.

Light attenuator and process for fabrication thereof

An optical coupler comprising N number (where N stands for an integer of not less than 2) of optical fibers having one ends integrated and the other ends branched and N number of optical coupler parts, wherein the top end of each light branching-coupling optical fiber has a plane of 360.degree./N including an inclined branching fiber-abutting plane inclined at an angle .theta. to the optical fiber axis and a light-coupling plane vertical to the abutting plane, each of the optical coupler parts is constructed by inserting the light branching-coupling optical fiber in an optical fiber-retaining hole of a block having the same plane as the branching fiber-abutting plane of the optical fiber and a light-coupling plane vertical to the abutting plane, and the branching fiber-abutting planes of the optical coupler parts are engaged with each other to construct a optical coupler.

Optical coupler and process for preparation thereof

Disclosed is a light attenuator comprising a stick or rod composed of a light-transmitting material, and a light-attenuating layer composed of a thermoplastic resin and formed on at least one end face of the stick or rod, wherein finely divided particles having a light-absorbing or light-scattering property are uniformly incorporated in the thermoplastic resin. This light attenuator is made by forming a light-attenuating thermoplastic resin layer having incorporated therein the light-absorbing or light-scattering finely divided particles on a release film or paper; placing the light-attenuating layer formed on the release film or paper on a heating plate; press-bonding the end face of a rod or stick composed of a light-transmitting material inserted and set in a ferrule to the surface of the release film or paper; cooling the bonded assembly; and then peeling the release film or paper to transfer the light-attenuating layer to the end face of the light-transmitting rod or stick.

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