Fiber optical system with fiber end face area relationships
First Claim
1. A fiber optical system comprising:
- a mixing optical fiber having a first end face with a first area and a second end face with the first area;
a first input plastic optical fiber having a first end face with the first area and a second end face with a second area less than the first area, the second end face of the first input plastic optical fiber being attached to a first portion of the first end face of the mixing optical fiber;
a second input plastic optical fiber having a first end face with the first area and a second end face with a third area less than the first area, the second end face of the second input plastic optical fiber being attached to a second portion of the first end face of the mixing optical fiber; and
a plurality of output plastic optical fibers having end faces with a fourth area less than the first area attached to the second end face of the mixing optical fiber.
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Abstract
An optical network having at least one star coupler comprising transmit and receive optical mixers which are respectively optically coupled to transmitters and receivers of a plurality of optical-electrical media converters. Each optical-electrical media converter comprises a respective receiver optically coupled to the receive optical mixer by way of plastic optical fibers and a respective transmitter optically coupled to the transmit optical mixer by way of plastic optical fibers. The output plastic optical fibers attached to an output face of the receive optical mixer have a diameter less than the diameter of the input plastic optical fibers attached to an input face of the receive optical mixer.
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10 Claims
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1. A fiber optical system comprising:
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a mixing optical fiber having a first end face with a first area and a second end face with the first area; a first input plastic optical fiber having a first end face with the first area and a second end face with a second area less than the first area, the second end face of the first input plastic optical fiber being attached to a first portion of the first end face of the mixing optical fiber; a second input plastic optical fiber having a first end face with the first area and a second end face with a third area less than the first area, the second end face of the second input plastic optical fiber being attached to a second portion of the first end face of the mixing optical fiber; and a plurality of output plastic optical fibers having end faces with a fourth area less than the first area attached to the second end face of the mixing optical fiber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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