Global Patent Index - EP 3338117 A1

EP 3338117 A1 20180627 - Optical fiber coupler

Title (en)

Optical fiber coupler

Title (de)

OPTISCHER FASERKOPPLER

Title (fr)

COUPLEUR DE FIBRE OPTIQUE

Publication

EP 3338117 A1 20180627 (EN)

Application

EP 15828890 A 20151231

Priority

  • PL 41143015 A 20150228
  • PL 41546615 A 20151221
  • PL 2015050082 W 20151231

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016137344A1] A fiber optic coupler according to the invention, containing a multi-core optical fiber with insulated cores, whereas core insulation is construed as the occurrence of zones characterized by reduced refractive index in the core neighborhood, characterized in that it contains at least one input optical fiber jointed to at least N-core multicore optical fiber with insulated cores, which is jointed to N output optical fibers, and core insulation is reduced in at least one section of the multicore optical fiber by reducing the dimensions of the reduced refractive index zone dimensions in the core neighborhood. 27 claimsfig.

IPC 8 full level

G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP KR)

G02B 6/02042 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); G02B 6/02376 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); G02B 6/2835 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); G02B 6/29332 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); G02B 2006/2839 (2013.01 - CN EP KR)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016137344A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016137344 A1 20160901; CN 107771292 A 20180306; EP 3338117 A1 20180627; JP 2018510375 A 20180412; JP 6961487 B2 20211105; KR 20180025840 A 20180309

DOCDB simple family (application)

PL 2015050082 W 20151231; CN 201580079406 A 20151231; EP 15828890 A 20151231; JP 2017545649 A 20151231; KR 20177027539 A 20151231