Single-mode optical fiber tap
CA 1284907 C · Owner: Wood, Thomas Huntington · Inventors: Alferness, Rodney Clifford; Wood, Thomas Huntington
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Single-Mode Optical Fiber Tap, Abstract An optical power tap is disclosed which allows effectively nonreciprocal injection and removal of power at each node of a single-mode optical fiber local area network. The power tap uses a wavelength-selective directional coupler to inject and remove power from the bus, and a nonlinear converter in the bus to convert light from one wavelength to another. In the specific embodiment disclosed a neodymium-doped silica fiber is used as a nonlinear material to convert light from one wavelength to another.
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- Granted June 18, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 18, 2008.
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