Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fibre structure
- Patent Title (中): 光纤结构
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Application No.: US236038Application Date: 1988-08-23
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Publication No.: US4925269APublication Date: 1990-05-15
- Inventor: Paul L. Scrivener
- Applicant: Paul L. Scrivener
- Applicant Address: GB2 London
- Assignee: Pirelli General plc
- Current Assignee: Pirelli General plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB2 London
- Priority: GBX8721860 19870917
- Main IPC: G02B6/02
- IPC: G02B6/02 ; G02B6/00 ; G02B6/122 ; G02B6/28 ; G02F1/31 ; G02F1/313

Abstract:
An electrically tunable optical fibre structure comprising a length of optical fibre which includes two uniformly spaced monomode optical cores (1,2) located within a common cladding (4) so as to provide two optical guidance paths, the optical characteristics of at least the cores being different such as to give the two guidance paths different propagation constants the values of which coincide for a predetermined wavelength, so that optical energy at said wavelength will repeatedly transfer from one core to the other, characterized in that two electrodes (6,8,20) are provided within the cladding and are located with at least one core between them for applying an electrical field to that core whereby to alter its propagation constant by the electro-optic effect and hence to alter said wavelength, the structure thereby being tunable. Methods of making such a structure are also disclosed.
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- US5529183A Floppy diskette holder Public/Granted day:1996-06-25
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