IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO INTERFACING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES

A composite for use in the aircraft construction industry includes an optical transmission device, such as an optical fiber, embedded within a carrier. The optical transmission device is provided with a high-quality optical interface surface which provides for optical connection to the optical trans...

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Hauptverfasser:	FOOTE, PETER, DAVID, READ, IAN, JAMES, ALDRIDGE, NIGEL, BRUCE, PROUDLEY, GEOFFREY, MARTLAND
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING COSMONAUTICS CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	A composite for use in the aircraft construction industry includes an optical transmission device, such as an optical fiber, embedded within a carrier. The optical transmission device is provided with a high-quality optical interface surface which provides for optical connection to the optical transmission means from outside the carrier. The optical interface surface is provided as part of a micro-optical component which processes the optical signals to improve light extraction from a supply to the optical transmission means. The buried optical transmission device is accessed by a passageway formed in the carrier to the interface surface. If the passageway is formed prior to completion of finishing processes on the composite, a protective plug is provided to close the passageway until the optical connection is required.