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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Monique Thual, Trebeurden, FR;
Jean Lostec, Prat, FR;
Patrick Auvray, Ploumilliau, FR;
Benedicte Clavel, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 33 ; 385 34 ; 385 95 ;
Abstract
A device for collective optical coupling between a single-mode fiber bundle and an electronic module in the optical telecommunications field which includes joining the single-mode fiber bundle to a graded-index fiber bundle and fracturing the fibers of the graded-index fiber bundle so as to produce graded-index fiber sections in order to form a lens at each end of the single-mode fibers.