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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elliot Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
William J Miniscalco, Sudbury, MA (US);
Leonard J Andrews, Wayland, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 22 ; 385 45 ; 385142 ;
Abstract
A fiber optical Y-junction device includes a l.times.N optical fiber coupler connected to N fiber optic amplifier module structures constructed from a doped optical fiber. When the optical Y-junction structure contains a fiber optic amplifier, the fiber optical Y-junction device is operable as either a modulator or lossless power divider. A nonblocking optical switch is constructed by coupling M.times.l optical fiber couplers to the outputs of the fiber optic amplifier module structures utilizing the fiber optical Y-junction.