Apparatus and method for transmitting optical data

Details Apparatus and method for transmitting optical data Apparatus and method for transmitting optical data

1994-10-21

1996-09-17

Lee, John D.

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Plural

359173, 385 31, 385115, G02B 628

Patent

active

055576931

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for simultaneous transmission of a multiplicity of independent optical data signals without having to precisely align each source of the optical data signals with a single fiber-optic strand including an emitter array for emitting a multiplicity of optical data signals onto one end face of a coherent fiber-optic bundle having a plurality of fiber-optic strands bundled in a contiguous arrangement; and a photodiode array having optical data signals receiving area with the receiving area having a minimum dimension at least as large as a second end of the plurality of fiber-optic strands to enable the optical data signals to travel from the emitter to the photodiode receiving area over one or more of the plurality of fiber-optic strands.

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