Optical coupler/splitter with a filter

Details Optical coupler/splitter with a filter Optical coupler/splitter with a filter

1992-05-29

1993-05-25

Healy, Brian

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling structure

385 47, 385129, 385131, 385 31, 359885, 359890, G02B 600, G02B 610

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active

052147258

ABSTRACT:
An optical coupler/splitter having an optical waveguide on the side of light incidence, two optical waveguides on the branched side, branched from the former optical waveguide and each having straight and curved sections, and a dielectric multi-layer film filter provided in a manner crossing the latter waveguides and common to them. The filter is so formed as to intersect with a straight section of one waveguide and with a curved section of the other, so that respective crossing angles between the filter and the branched optical waveguides differ from each other, thereby providing different reflection or transmission characteristics with respect to the branched optical waveguides. An optical signal having a variable wavelength and issued from a measuring apparatus based on the backscattering method is distinguished by the common filter of the coupler/splitter, making it possible to perform measurement of the losses of the branched optical waveguides independently without being affected by interference light. There is no need to provide a plurality of filters having different characteristics, and thus the coupler/splitter has a simplified structure and excellent productivity.

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