Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Particular coupling structure
Patent
1995-12-22
1997-10-28
Ullah, Akm E.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Particular coupling structure
G02B 626
Patent
active
056824491
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a fiber optic interconnection system utilizing a relatively small space for interconnection between two fiber optic termini which are not approaching each other axially but are at an angle which may be acute. The system according to the present invention allows light rays to expand from one fiber optic terminus through a lens, reflecting off the back of the lens and through the other fiber optic terminus. The expansion and contraction of the light rays is dependent upon the refractive indices of the cores of the fiber optic lines, the medium and the lens. The interconnection system allows two fiber optic termini to mate in a very small area while traversing a sharp angle. The fiber optic interconnection system provides an interface at an acute angle, such as 90 degrees, rather than butt mating of two termini and forcibly bending the fibers extending from the rear of the terminus bodies.
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Brooks Cary W.
Packard Hughes Interconnect Company
Ullah Akm E.
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