Optical cascade star network-a new configuration for a passive distribution system with optical collision detection capability

T Tamura, M Nakamura, S Ohshima… - Journal of lightwave …, 1984 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new fiber-optic passive network configuration with novel star couplers is reported. The
new optical network configuration, an Optical Cascade Star Network, optimizes contradictory …

Planar star coupler for multimode fibers

M Stockmann, HH Witte - Applied optics, 1980 - opg.optica.org
T-shaped network configurations cannot be used for optical data bus systems intended for
passive communication between more than about ten terminals because of balanced power …

Optical design and performance of wavelength-division-multiplexed optical repeater for fiber-optic passive star networks connection

K Oguchi, Y Hakamada… - Journal of lightwave …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New optical repeaters that use a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) technique to
connect CSMA/CD-based fiber-optic passive star networks are discussed. Two types of …

New optical star-bus network for subscriber

N Kashima, K Kikushima - Journal of optical communications, 1990 - degruyter.com
A new optical subscriber loop network for star-bus architecture is proposed. An Optical
Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) technique is adopted for downstream transmission …

Cascaded transmission star coupler

A Yoshida, RG Lamont, DC Johnson - Applied Optics, 1981 - opg.optica.org
The implementation of multiterminal optical fiber star networks requires the availability of
highly efficient transmission star couplers with many ports (∼ 100). The desirable attributes …

Hybrid transmissive optical star couplers with gain using fiber amplifiers

YK Chen, S Chi, JW Liaw - IEEE photonics technology letters, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A hybrid transmissive star coupler incorporating fiber amplifiers for wavelength-division
multiplexed/frequency-division multiplexed (WDM/FDM) networks is proposed. It is found …

A distributed star network architecture for interoffice applications

S Cheng, H Kobrinski, L Wu… - Journal of lightwave …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A distributed star network architecture for interoffice applications Page 1 JOURNAL OF
LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. LT-4, NO. 7, JULY 1986 755 A Distributed Star Network …

Design principles for multi-hop wavelength and time division multiplexed optical passive star networks

SR Tong, DHC Du, RJ Vetter - Journal of High Speed …, 1995 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) has been shown to be one of the most
promising ways to exploit the enormous bandwidth of a single mode optical fiber. Networks …

Fiber optics access coupler

MK Barnoski, HR Friedrich, RJ Morrison - US Patent 4,054,366, 1977 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The achievement of low-loss (less than 2 dB/km)
transmission has made the optical fiber waveguide the leading contender as the …

Coupled star network: a new configuration for optical local area network

T Ota - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, 1992 - search.ieice.org
Theoretical network analysis of a network constructed of" Interconnectable Star Couplers"
whose all diagonal elements of transmission matrix are zero is investigated. Under certain …