F-Term-List

G02B6/26-6/27,301;6/30-6/34;6/42-6/43

AA00
FUNCTION OR USE OF MODULE

AA01

AA02

AA03

AA04

AA05

AA06

AA08

AA09

AA10

. Optical bidirectional communication

. Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers or ADM

. Adjusting dispersions e.g. dispersion compensations or pulse compressions

. Light deflectors e.g. optical switches

. Light-modulators light-attenuators or control of light

. Optical isolators or circulators

. for medical use

. Optical pickups

. for illumination or lights

AA11

AA12

AA13

AA14

AA15

AA17

. Optical interconnections

. . between boards

. for high power laser beam or working by laser beam

. Sensors measuring or testing (AA15 and GA10 take precedence)

. Printings printers or image readings

. Other special use

AB00
COMBINATION OF LIGHT GUIDES OR OPTICAL ELEMENTS

AB01

AB02

AB04

AB05

AB06

AB08

AB09

. between light guide and light guide (AB08 takes precedence)

. . from light guide to light-receiving element to light-emitting element and to light guide fibre

. between fibres and optical elements (AB02 takes precedence)

. . Fibres and light-receiving element

. . Fibres and light-emitting elements

. between fibres and planar waveguides

. . coupled directly

AB11

AB12

AB14

AB15

AB16

. between planar waveguides and optical elements

. . having optical elements arranged on waveguide substrates

. Others

. . between fibres and unknown parts

. . between planar waveguides and unknown parts

AC00
TYPE OF OPTICAL TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING MODULE

AC01

AC02

AC03

AC04

AC05

AC06

. Flat mounting

. . having detachable connectors

. . moulded entirely

. . having light-path converting means between light guides and optical elements

. . . arranging light guides on the upper surface which is equipped with optical element

. . coupling synchrotron light radiated from light guide to optical elements

AC11

AC12

AC13

AC14

AC15

. Other mountings

. . having detachable connectors e.g. light receptacles

. . moulded entirely

. . mounted by tubes or CAN types

. . coupling radiation light from light guide to optical elements

BA00
LIGHT GUIDE

BA01

BA02

BA03

BA04

BA05

BA06

BA07

BA08

BA09

BA10

. Fibres

. . Kinds

. . . Single-mode (SM)

. . . Multi-mode (MM) or graded-index (GI) fibres (BA09 takes precedence)

. . . maintaining the plane of polarisation

. . . Plastic optical fibres (POF)

. . . having optical amplifiers or rare earths

. . . being coreless or having column-type light guide materials

. . . Dispersion compensations or dispersion shift fibres

. . . having liquid core

BA11

BA12

BA13

BA14

BA15

BA16

BA17

BA18

BA19

BA20

. . . having hollow core or photonic crystal fibres

. . . Short-length fibres

. . connecting different kinds of fibres

. . Structures (BC24 takes precedence)

. . . Fibre arrays or fibre bundles

. . . . being two-dimensional

. . . Non-circular cores

. . . Multi-cores

. . End surface shapes of fibres or cores

. . . inclined

BA21

BA22

BA23

BA24

. . . being tapered conical pyramid or wedge-shaped (BA23 takes precedence)

. . . with curved faces

. . . with variable diameter of cores

. . Fibre couplers

BA31

BA32

BA33

BA34

BA35

BA36

BA37

BA38

. Planar waveguides (BB02 takes precedence)

. . Optical coupling structure to planar waveguides from outside

. . . Prisms

. . . Diffraction gratings or holograms

. . . having tapered waveguide being ends (BB04 takes precedence)

. . . . having tapers which become narrower as the dimension of guided ray becomes larger

. . . . having tapers which become larger as the dimension of guided ray becomes larger

. . . having auxiliary waveguides at ends

BA41

BA42

BA43

BA44

BA45

BA46

BA47

BA48

BA49

. . characterised by waveguide structures (BA35 and BC25 take precedence)

. . . being coreless or having planar light guide members

. . . having hollow core or photonic crystals

. . . Multiplexing and demultiplexing

. . . . Directional couplers

. . . . Y or X branching

. . . . Arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG)

. . . . Mach-Zehnder type

. . . . having wavelength selective elements

BA51

BA52

BA53

BA54

BA55

BA56

BA58

BA59

. . Materials thereof

. . . Glass or quartz

. . . Semiconductors

. . . LiNbO3 or LiTaO3

. . . Polymers

. . . . flexible

. . Other structures

. . . having structures for reinforcement e.g. jigs

BB00
OPTICAL ELEMENT

BB01

BB02

BB03

BB04

BB05

BB06

BB07

BB08

BB09

. Kinds

. . Semiconductor light-emitting elements or semiconductor optical amplifiers

. . . Surface type e.g. VCSEL

. . . having spot size conversion structures

. . . . having auxiliary waveguides

. . . . having tapers which become narrower as the dimension of waveguide light becomes larger

. . . . having tapers which become larger as the dimension of guided ray becomes larger

. . Power lasers

. . Lamp

BB12

BB13

BB14

BB15

BB17

. . Light-receiving elements

. . . Surface type

. . . for monitoring

. . . . for both receiving signals and monitoring

. . Arrays

BB21

BB22

BB23

BB24

BB25

BB26

BB27

. Loading of optical elements

. . on stems

. . on lead frames

. . on the side or the opposite side of the light guide

. . on plane substrates (BB22 and BB23 take precedence)

. . . Junction-down

. . . Junction-up

BB31

BB32

BB33

. Structures feeding power to optical elements

. . Via holes

. . Substrates having conductive patterns

BC00
OPTICAL ELEMENTS

BC01

BC02

BC03

BC04

BC05

BC06

BC07

BC08

BC09

BC10

. Lenses

. . Simple lenses

. . . aspherical

. . . Focusing lenses e.g. GRIN

. . . cylindrical

. . . Fresnel lenses or zone plates

. . Lens arrays

. . Plano-convex lenses

. . Other lenses

. . adding functions other than lens

BC11

BC12

BC13

BC14

BC16

BC17

. . Combinations of lenses

. . . of plural simple lenses

. . . of lens at the end of a fibre and simple lenses

. . characterised by manufacturing methods of lenses

. Optical attenuators obturating members light absorbing member or shutters

. . variable (BA31 takes precedence)

BC21

BC23

BC24

BC25

BC26

BC27

BC28

BC29

. Holograms

. Gratings

. . Fibre gratings (FG)

. . Planar waveguide types

. . Long period gratings

. . Oblique gratings

. . Chirped gratings

. . having plural gratings serially-arranged

BC31

BC32

BC33

. Wavelength filters (BC21 and BC23 takes precedence)

. . dividing or composing wavelength

. . having plural filters serially-arranged

BC41

BC42

BC43

BC44

BC45

BC46

BC47

BC48

BC49

BC50

. Polarising elements

. . Polarisers

. . Birefringent elements

. . . Lambda/2 plates

. . . Lambda/4 plates

. . Nonreciprocal elements

. . . Isolators

. . . independent from polarisation

. . Liquid crystals

. . Polarising beam splitter (BC43 takes precedence)

BC51

BC52

BC53

BC54

BC55

BC56

BC58

. Reflective elements (BC21 BC23 BC31 and BC41 take precedence)

. . with curved faces

. . Half mirrors or beam splitters

. . Diffuse reflecting mirrors

. . Prisms for reflection

. . Grooves

. Light scattering elements or diffuse elements (BC54 takes precedence)

BC61

BC62

BC64

. Prisms (BC55 takes precedence)

. . for dividing wavelength

. Apertures or microspores

BC71

BC72

BC73

BC74

BC75

BC76

BC80

. Other transparent optical members (viewpoint BA and DA17 take precedence)

. . having optical functions on two or more surfaces (BC10 takes precedence)

. . Transparent resins

. . . having self-aligning waveguides

. . . Double sealing with transparent resins

. . matching reflective index

. Others

CA00
STRUCTURE FOR DEPOSITING, MOUNTING, OR ALIGNING EACH ELEMENT

CA01

CA02

CA03

CA05

CA06

CA07

. Structures of cylindrical bodies

. . characterised by structure of cylindrical bodies

. . . changing diameters of holes axially (CA06 takes precedence)

. . having optical elements at the side of fibres

. . . mounting the elements in grooves or the like which are formed in ferrules or the like

. . having cylindrical bodies specially adapted for optical elements

CA11

CA12

CA13

CA15

CA16

CA18

CA19

CA20

. Structures for aligning elements

. . Grooves slits or concaves

. . . V-shaped pyramid or tapered

. . inside holes

. . . changing diameters of holes axially

. . characterised by positioning or mounting by surfaces (CA12-CA16 take precedence)

. . . Markers

. . . . formed simultaneously with other elements

CA21

CA22

CA25

CA26

CA28

. . . Self-aligning by surface tension

. . . mounting on end faces or sections

. . having clipping and pressing member

. . . with grooves

. . Elements per se having structure for positioning

CA31

CA33

CA34

CA35

CA36

. Structures for aligning positions between elements

. . having common loading members for positioning

. . . Substrates for mounting

. . . Hollow bodes e.g. sleeves

. . . . Split sleeves

CA41

CA42

CA43

CA45

CA46

CA48

CA49

CA50

. . between element loading members

. . . Grooves or concaves (CA51 takes precedence)

. . . . V-shaped or pyramid

. . . inside holes

. . . . changing diameters of holes axially

. . . having interposed members

. . . . rod-like

. . . . spherical

CA51

CA55

CA56

CA57

CA58

CA59

. . . projected and recessed shapes or complementary shapes (CA45 CA46 or CA49 take precedence)

. . . characterised by positioning or mounting by surfaces (CA42-CA51 take precedence)

. . . . Markers

. . . . . formed simultaneously with other elements

. . . . Self-aligning by surface tension

. . . . Re-assembling after cutting

CA61

CA62

CA63

CA65

CA66

CA67

. . in the direction of optical axis

. . . Spacers

. . . Stoppers

. . arranging by displacing optical members

. . . to the direction of optical axis

. . . to the direction or angle orthogonal to optical axis

CA71

CA72

CA73

CA74

CA75

CA76

CA77

CA78

. Materials of alignment members

. . Semiconductors

. . . Silicon

. . Glass or silica (SiO2)

. . Resins

. . . flexible

. . Ceramics

. . Metals or alloys

CB00
ACTIVE ALIGNMENT

CB01

CB02

CB03

CB04

CB05

CB06

CB07

. Methods

. . observing using microscopes cameras or the like

. . . using alignment marks

. . characterised by means to calculating optical position

. . . by image processing

. . detecting the degree of optical coupling directly

. . . using independent light guide for monitor

CB11

CB12

CB13

CB14

CB15

CB16

CB17

CB18

. characterised by positioning means of elements

. . adjusting the degree of screwing-in

. . adjusting with screws

. . adjusting using eccentricity

. . adjusting using plastic deformation

. . adjusting using wedge-like members

. . correcting parallelism by pressing

. . adjusting using movable arms

CB21

CB22

CB23

CB24

CB25

CB26

CB27

CB28

. Optical members to be moved

. . Optical fibres

. . . Arrays or bundle of fibres

. . Planar waveguides

. . Optical elements

. . Lenses

. . Filters

. . Other optical members

CB31

CB32

CB33

CB34

CB35

CB36

CB37

. Directions to be aligned

. . to the direction perpendicular to optical axis (X-Y)

. . to the direction of optical axis (Z)

. . Angles

. Procedures including fixed processes

. . with coarse adjustment processes

. . adjusting X and Y alternately

CC00
FIXING MECHANISM (VIEWPOINT CD TAKES PRECEDENCE EXCLUDING CC26)

CC01

CC02

CC03

CC04

CC05

CC06

CC07

CC08

CC09

CC10

. Permanent fixation

. . Thermosetting adhesives

. . Photosetting adhesives

. . Low-melting glass

. . Solder

. . . having bases e.g. metallised layer

. . Brazing

. . Welding

. . . using welding rings

. . . Laser welding

CC11

CC12

. . Fusion

. . Thermocompressing or heat-shrinking tubes

CC21

CC22

CC24

CC26

CC27

CC28

CC29

CC30

. Fixing by thread-engaging threaded mounting or screws

. . screwing in helical grooves

. Fixing using electrostatic or magnetic force

. by elastic force

. . Coil springs or springs

. . Leaf springs or wire springs (CC29 takes precedence)

. . Clips

. . Press fitting

CC31

CC32

CC33

. Auxiliary means for fixation

. . Shock-absorbing members

. . for improving adhesion or contact by roughening or the like

CD00
OPTICAL CONNECTOR STRUCTURE, INCLUDING STRUCTURE OF RECEIVER AND JACK

CD01

. with drawings describing assembling or disassembling

CD11

CD12

CD13

CD14

CD17

CD18

CD19

CD20

. Locking or fixing means

. . by elastic force

. . . Locking arms

. . . . having locking holes

. . . Energising direction of locking bodies

. . . . for inserting

. . . . external

. . . . internal

CD21

CD22

CD23

CD24

CD26

CD27

CD28

CD29

. . . Drawing or releasing means

. . . . having operation parts

. . . . . having locking means

. . . . by single-purpose tools

. . Bayonet or engagement between L-shaped grooves and projections

. . Thread-engagements

. . using electrostatic or magnetic force

. . using buckling force of optical fibres

CD31

CD32

CD33

CD34

CD36

CD37

CD38

. Guides for insertion

. . Engagement between protrusions or projections and guide groove

. . Guide pins

. . Tapers

. Means for preventing misinsertion

. . by indications or marks

. . by shapes

CD41

CD42

CD43

CD44

CD45

CD46

CD47

CD50

. having additional functions

. . Functions for selecting wavelength

. . . Fibre gratings

. . Functions for damping light

. . Functions for converging or collimating

. . Optical isolators

. . combined with photoelectric means

. Others

DA00
PACKAGE

DA01

DA02

DA03

DA04

DA05

DA07

DA08

DA09

DA10

. without case

. . Resin or gel sealing

. . . having high refractive index regions for optical waveguiding

. . . having additional functions e.g. lenses holograms or diffracting gratings

. . . Recesses for aligning fibres

. with cases

. . having optical function (DA17 and DA28 take precedence)

. . . having function for light absorption or light scattering in internal surface of cases

. . . having reflection function in internal surface of cases

DA11

DA12

DA13

DA14

DA17

DA18

DA19

. . Materials

. . . Resins

. . . Metals

. . . Ceramics

. . characterised by transparent windows

. . . inclined

. . . having additional functions e.g. lenses holograms or diffracting gratings

DA21

DA22

DA23

DA24

DA25

DA26

DA27

DA28

DA29

. . Sealing

. . . filled in case

. . . . Gas

. . . . Resins or gels

. . . . Vacuum

. . . for covering external surface of cases

. . . at joints

. . . . characterised by perforated parts of optical fibres (DA17 takes precedence)

. . . . . Shapes of perforated parts

DA31

DA32

DA33

DA34

DA35

DA36

DA39

. . . Materials of sealing parts

. . . . Solder

. . . . Low-melting glass

. . . . Resins

. . . Shapes of precursors

. . . . ring-like or coil-like

. . having electronic circuits

DB00
OTHER DETAILS OF STRUCTURE

DB01

DB02

DB03

DB04

DB05

DB07

DB08

DB09

DB10

. for protection (DA02 and DA07 take precedence)

. . for preventing dust or fouling

. . . Cleaning means or tools

. . Protective members and function e.g. reflection or light guides

. . for damp-proof waterproof or airtight sealing

. Antireflection structures

. . having coating

. . having inclined end surfaces (BA19 and DA18 take precedence)

. . arranged elements obliquely to optical axis

DB11

DB12

DB13

DB14

DB15

DB16

DB19

. Regulating temperature

. . with radiating fins or heat-sinks

. . by Peltier elements

. . By liquids

. . by heat insulation

. . with heaters or heating means (DB13 takes precedence)

. Identification or indication

EA00
MANUFACTURING METHOD

EA01

EA02

EA03

EA04

EA05

EA06

EA07

EA08

EA09

. Working

. . mechanical

. . using laser beam (CC10 takes precedence)

. Etching

. Photolithography

. with moulds or stampers

. Heat treatment (CC11 takes precedence)

. . for TEC or lensed fibres

. . Stretching

EA11

EA12

EA13

EA15

. for forming thin films

. . Selective growth

. . Flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD)

. Others

FA00
DEFINING PARAMETER

FA01

FA02

FA03

FA04

FA05

FA06

. Refractivity

. Expansion coefficient

. Young's modulus or elastic modulus

. Viscosity

. Numerical apertures or incidence and output angles

. characterised by defining measurement

GA00
ASSEMBLING DEVICE, JIG, TOOL, OR ADDITIONAL COMPONENT

GA01

GA02

GA05

GA06

GA07

GA08

GA09

GA10

. Apparatuses for assembling or mounting

. Tools or jigs (CD24 and DB03 take precedence)

. Additional components

. . improving electrical features

. . . Electromagnetic shields

. . . High-frequency

. . Alerts

. . inspecting light guides connectors or optical modules

HA00
PURPOSE OR EFFECT

HA01

HA02

HA03

HA04

HA05

HA06

HA07

HA08

HA09

HA10

. Measures against stray light

. Measures for safety

. . against exposure

. . . having connectors in association with optical elements

. Measures against heat

. . independent from temperature

. Measures against water moisture or dew condensation

. independent from polarisation

. Measures against deterioration of gastightness

. Wider bandwidth or independent from wavelength

HA11

HA12

HA13

HA15

. Expanding tolerance

. Matching mode fields with light source or the like

. Integration or separation (BC10 and BC72 take precedence)

. Improving physical strength or preventing distortion

2H137	OPTICAL COUPLINGS OF LIGHT GUIDES
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