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Patent No.:

US 8260102 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2010

2-to-1 optical coupler that utilizes d-shaped plastic optical fibers (pofs), a bi-directional optical communications link that employs the 2-to-1 pof optical coupler, and a method

Applicant:

Nikolaus W. Schunk, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;

Inventor:

Nikolaus W. Schunk, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;

Assignee:

Avago Technologies Fiber IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Sung Pak

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

D-shaped POFs are used to form a 2-to-1 optical coupler. The D-shaped POFs are produced via an extrusion process that is relatively inexpensive to perform and that can be performed with relatively high manufacturing throughput. The D-shaped POFs are bonded together to form a coupler end face having a generally circular cross-sectional area. The coupler end face is interfaced with an end face of a main POF that is generally circular in cross-sectional shape. The resulting D-shaped 2-to-1 optical POF couplers have relatively low insertion loss and relatively high optical coupling efficiency.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Schunk, Nikolaus. (2012). 2-to-1 optical coupler that utilizes d-shaped plastic optical fibers (pofs), a bi-directional optical communications link that employs the 2-to-1 pof optical coupler, and a method (U.S. Patent No. 8260102). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8260102

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