• DocumentCode
    1009114
  • Title

    Modelling fused single-mode-fibre couplers

  • Author

    Payne, F.P. ; Hussey, C.D. ; Yataki, M.S.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    461
  • Lastpage
    462
  • Abstract
    The fused single-mode tapered coupler is successfully modelled by assuming that the neck section of the coupler can be represented by a rectangular dielectric waveguide. Guidance is provided at the glass-to-air (or external medium) boundary and the cores are neglected. The mechanism of field detachment from the cores is outlined and the coupler characteristics are derived from the interference between the two lowest-order modes of the large waveguide.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; field detachment; fused single-mode-fibre couplers; lowest-order modes; neck section; rectangular dielectric waveguide; tapered coupler;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850327
  • Filename
    4251234