TRANSCEIVER FOR BIDIRECTIONAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION OVER A MONOMODAL OPTICAL FIBER

摘要

A circuit arrangement is provided for allowing the bidirectional exchange of received and transmitted signals over a single monomodal optical fiber. The light transmitter (usually a laser or a LED), the receiver of optical signals and an optical system suitable for directing the optical signal to be transmitted to the monomodal optical fiber ad for directing the optical signal from the monomodal optical fiber to the receiver collects the signals in one passage. The optical system uses an optical transceiver employing a light transmitter and a light receiver. This optical transceiver is formed in a unitary housing. The optical system includes first and second lenses which may be graded-index waveguide sections and a planar filter disposed therebetween, the planar filter typically being an interferential filter. The optical system is formed on a support which allows the light transmitter which is typically a laser to be disposed directly adjacent one of the lenses. The surface of the lens abutting the optical communication fiber and optical stub is angled with respect to perpendicular to the axis of the symmetry of the optical system to prevent reflected optical power from entering the light transmitter, particularly when it is a laser, hereby reducing noise and instability within the laser source.