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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1981
Hans-Hermann Witte, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
An optical star coupler for use in optical systems with multi-mode optical fibers for interconnecting two groups of system fibers, characterized by the star coupler comprising a mixing element, two groups of optical fiber elements and an arrangement for positioning the mixing element and the groups of fiber elements in the same plane. The mixing element is a planar waveguide which has an input and output end which are interconnected to groups of the fiber elements with a packing density of each group of the fiber elements at the input and output ends being as high as possible. The planar waveguide has a thickness approximately equal to the diameter of the fiber elements and the diameter of each of the fiber elements is approximately equal to the core diameter of the system fiber to which it is connected and all of the fiber elements are selected to be of one type of fiber which are either gradient fibers or stepped profile fibers. To position the mixing element and the group of fiber elements in the same plane, a method includes forming a sandwich of the mixing element between a cover and substrate, forming a pair of sandwiches for each group of fiber elements between a substrate and a cover element, assembling these sandwiches on a support element with the polished end surfaces of the fiber element sandwiches engaging the polished end surfaces of the mixing element sandwich, and securing the sandwiches in the assembled position.