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Fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication techniques

  • US 5,339,374 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1993
  • Issued: 08/16/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A biconical-taper coupler for distributing higher order modes and lower order modes in an input fiber uniformly to a plurality of output fibers, said plurality of output fibers including said input fiber, said coupler comprising a unitary unscrambled biconical-taper region including a first tapered region, a second tapered region and a minimum tapered region between said first tapered region and said second tapered region, said first tapered region being rotated with respect to said second tapered region.

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