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Optical fibre interferometer

CA 1308936 C · Owner: Microtel Limited · Inventors: Ahmed, M. Jamil

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Abstract Of The Invention An optical fibre interferometer particularly adapted to provide a light output that is modulated in relation to the intensity of an electromagnetic field includes a single-mode fibre of substantially non-electrooptic material (20 22 and 24) to which has been spliced (at 26 and 28) a single-mode fibre of substantially electrooptic material (30). When the interferometer is placed in an electromagnetic field, the optical characteristics of the substantially electrooptic fibre are varied, but the optical characteristics of the substantially non-electrooptic fibre are not. As a result the light passing through the, substantially non-electrooptic and electrooptic fibres …

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  • Granted October 20, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 20, 2009.
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FiledOctober 9, 1987
GrantedOctober 20, 1992
Term endedOctober 20, 2009
Patent numberCA 1308936 C
Classification (IPC)G02B6/10 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedOct 9, 1987Patent grantedOct 20, 1992Term endedOct 20, 2009

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