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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1997
Stephen Kenneth Fairchild, Maxatawny Township, PA (US);
Reinhard Heinrich Knerr, Upper Macungie Township, PA (US);
Stephen Charles McClain, Tucson, AZ (US);
Neal Henry Thorsten, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A structure allowing multiple optical paths through an optical isolator or the like with substantially no interaction. A lens collimates light from a first multiple fiber optic path termination. The collimated light is processed by an optical isolator unit or another optical processing unit such as a coupler. The processed light is reimaged onto a second multiple fiber optic path termination. Preferably, the optical paths in the first termination are in one-to-one correspondence with the optical paths in the second termination.