Abstract An optical divider for multimode optical fibers of GI type comprising an optical input section for securing input optical fiber, a branching section including an optical waveguide having rectangular sectional shapes irrespective of a kind of material or a method of fabricating the same and consists of a main optical waveguide and branch waveguides, and an optical output section for securing an array of output optical fibers, wherein the main optical waveguide having a width D and a length M is divided contiguously into three or more branch optical waveguides having uniform width W, the optical waveguide having substantially uniform core thickness T is specifically related with the core diameter K of the optical fiber to fulfill the following relational formulas: (1) 0.7 </= T/K </= 0.85 (2) 0.35 </= W/K </= 0.80 (3) 15 </= M/D </= 70 (4) D = N x W for reducing a coupling loss between the optical fibers and the optical waveguide and improving a loss variance by selecting the value of M/D to the value within the range as specified above or more preferably within a range of 20 </= M/D </= 60.
An optical divider comprising: an optical input section in which an input optical fiber is disposed; a branching section including an optical waveguide, which consists of a main optical waveguide and a plurality of branch optical waveguides, for dividing input light into a plurality of optical systems; and an optical output section in which output optical fibers for taking out divided light are disposed; whereby said optical waveguide and said optical fibers are formed to satisfy the following relations: (1) 0.7 ≦ T/K ≦ 0.85 (2) 0.35 ≦ W/K ≦ 0.80 (3) 15 ≦ M/D ≦ 70 (4) D = N x W where, T is a core thickness of said optical waveguide, K is a core diameter of said input and output optical fibers, W is a width of said branch optical waveguide, M is a length of said main optical waveguide, D is a width of said main optical waveguide, and N is a number of branches of said branch optical waveguides.
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An optical divider comprising: an optical input section in which an input optical fiber is disposed; a branching section including an optical waveguide, which consists of a main optical waveguide and a plurality of branch optical waveguides, for dividing input light into a plurality of optical systems; and an optical output section in which output optical fibers for taking out divided light are disposed; whereby said optical waveguide and said optical fibers are formed to satisfy the following relations: (1) 0.7 ≦ T/K ≦ 0.85 (2) 0.35 ≦ W/K ≦ 0.80 (3) 15 ≦ M/D ≦ 70 (4) D = N x W where, T is a core thickness of said optical waveguide, K is a core diameter of said input and output optical fibers, W is a width of said branch optical waveguide, M is a length of said main optical waveguide, D is a width of said main optical waveguide, and N is a number of branches of said branch optical waveguides.
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An optical divider as defined in claim 1, wherein said number of branches N of branch optical waveguides is three or more.
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An optical divider as defined in claim 1, wherein said input and output optical fibers are of graded-index multimode type.
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An optical divider as defined in claim 1, wherein said input optical fiber, said optical waveguide, and said output optical fibers are disposed and secured to respective substrate with use of a bonding agent.
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An optical divider as defined in claim 1, wherein said optical waveguide is formed within a polymer film.
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An optical divider as defined in claim 1, wherein said M/D is selected to be 20 ≦ M/D ≦ 60.
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