Donald V. Couden - Boca Raton FL Paul C. Karr - Ormond Beach FL Layton Balliet - Boca Raton FL
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G02B 632
US Classification:
350 9618
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for tapping fiber optic devices is provided. An input optical fiber is connected to a graded index lense which will collimate light from the input fiber. A second graded index lense is provided in optical alignment with the first lense, which receives and decollimates the light collimated by the first lense. A sensor, such as a photodiode, is interposed between the lenses to intercept a minor portion of the light being transmitted to the second lense, and convert the sensed light to a signal indicative of a selected characteristic of the light.
Saint Alphonsus School Brooklyn Center MN 1987-1992, Saint Mary School Omaha NE 1993-1995
Community:
Bryan Duvall, Chaz Vindler, Amanda Starr, Michelle Romero, Ben Toth, K Munger, Brenda Schoeninger, Pablo Duran, Mya Duran, Michael Frie, Germaine Lopez