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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan D Kersey, FairFax Station, VA (US);
Anthony Dandridge, Burke, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 12 ;
Abstract
A forward-coupled array topology is used for a ladder-type fiber optic ser system in which each optical path in the system includes the same total number of input and output optical fiber sections and approximately the same total number of input and output couplers and splices so that the coupler splitting ratios for optimum optical performance are independent of light losses in the system.