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US 5,396,358 AGranted
Optical reflective star device
AssigneeKoninklijke PTT Nederland N.V.
InventorMattijs O. Van Deventer
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Abstract
Optical reflective star device for transmitting signals between a plurality of transceivers, provided with a plurality of ports for distributing each signal supplied to one port over the other ports. The reflective star device is made up of a plurality of star elements having a plurality of reflection branches and a plurality of through-connections between the star elements. An optical amplifier is disposed in at least one of the reflection branches and/or through-connections.
Claims6
An optical transmission system for transmitting signals between a plurality of transceivers, comprising:
- a distribution device having a plurality of ports for distributing each of said signals supplied to any of said ports over any of the other of said ports;
- said distribution device including a reflective star device comprising a plurality of star elements (SE), each star element having a reflection branch (rt) coupled to a reflector (R), and a plurality of input/output ports;
- a plurality of through-connections (dv) interconnecting said star elements (SE) such that each star element (SE) is connected to each of the other star elements (SE) via a through-connection;
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- an optical amplifier (OA) interconnected in each of said reflection branches (rt) and in each of said through-connections (dv) of said star elements of said reflective star device.
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