WO2002042801A3 - High capacity optical fiber cables - Google Patents

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WO2002042801A3
WO2002042801A3 PCT/IL2001/001075 IL0101075W WO0242801A3 WO 2002042801 A3 WO2002042801 A3 WO 2002042801A3 IL 0101075 W IL0101075 W IL 0101075W WO 0242801 A3 WO0242801 A3 WO 0242801A3
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cable
optical fiber
high capacity
fiber cables
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Yaron Mayer
Al J C Baur
Boris Dechovich
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Yaron Mayer
Al J C Baur
Boris Dechovich
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Priority claimed from IL13981000A external-priority patent/IL139810A0/en
Application filed by Yaron Mayer, Al J C Baur, Boris Dechovich filed Critical Yaron Mayer
Priority to CA002428128A priority Critical patent/CA2428128A1/en
Priority to GB0301155A priority patent/GB2379519B/en
Priority to AU2002220998A priority patent/AU2002220998A1/en
Publication of WO2002042801A2 publication Critical patent/WO2002042801A2/en
Publication of WO2002042801A3 publication Critical patent/WO2002042801A3/en
Priority to US10/307,422 priority patent/US20030174977A1/en
Publication of WO2002042801A9 publication Critical patent/WO2002042801A9/en
Priority to US11/162,105 priority patent/US20070047885A1/en
Priority to US12/039,867 priority patent/US7899290B2/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/441—Optical cables built up from sub-bundles
    • G02B6/4411—Matrix structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2852—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/421—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms the intermediate optical component consisting of a short length of fibre, e.g. fibre stub
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4415—Cables for special applications
    • G02B6/4427—Pressure resistant cables, e.g. undersea cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/094003—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light the pumped medium being a fibre
    • H01S3/094019—Side pumped fibre, whereby pump light is coupled laterally into the fibre via an optical component like a prism, or a grating, or via V-groove coupling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2383—Parallel arrangements

Abstract

The invention addresses the demand for enhanced information capacity by increasing the number of fibers per cable. In one embodiment, the cable (121) includes flexible flat multiple-fiber jackets (122) which can move freely within the cable. The cable is preferably divided into at least two cells in order to maintain structural strength while allowing the cable to bend only along a desired direction. Multiple-fiber connectors suitable for the jackets, and arrangements for coupling pumping light into multiple fibers for amplification, are also described.
PCT/IL2001/001075 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 High capacity optical fiber cables WO2002042801A2 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA002428128A CA2428128A1 (en) 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 High capacity optical fiber cables
GB0301155A GB2379519B (en) 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable
AU2002220998A AU2002220998A1 (en) 2000-11-21 2001-11-21 High capacity optical fiber cables
US10/307,422 US20030174977A1 (en) 2001-02-05 2002-11-27 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable
US11/162,105 US20070047885A1 (en) 2000-11-21 2005-08-29 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable
US12/039,867 US7899290B2 (en) 2000-11-21 2008-02-29 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable

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IL139810 2000-11-21
IL13981000A IL139810A0 (en) 2000-11-21 2000-11-21 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of concurrent communication channels
US26673101P 2001-02-05 2001-02-05
US60/266,731 2001-02-05

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US10/307,422 Continuation-In-Part US20030174977A1 (en) 2000-11-21 2002-11-27 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable
US11/162,105 Continuation-In-Part US20070047885A1 (en) 2000-11-21 2005-08-29 System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable

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WO2002042801A3 true WO2002042801A3 (en) 2002-10-24
WO2002042801A9 WO2002042801A9 (en) 2003-03-27

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