Accession Number:

ADD002649

Title:

Optical Connector with Single Scrambling Volume.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Milton,A. Fenner

Report Date:

1976-01-20

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

An optical connector provides input-output coupling to an optical transmission line without interrupting completely the flow of optical radiation. An optically transparent dielectric block is inserted between portions of a fiber bundle transmission line. The block has one flat side along its length which is bonded to a second material having at least one flat side along its length cooperating with the flat side of the block. The input-output bundles are attached to the second material which has the same index of refraction as the first block.

Descriptors:

• *Patents
• *Fiber optics transmission lines
• *Waveguide couplers
• Dielectric waveguides
• Refractive index
• Connectors

Subject Categories:

• Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE