• DocumentCode
    1233293
  • Title

    High-extinction-ratio low-loss tightly bent PANDA fibre

  • Author

    Healy, N. ; Murphy, D.F. ; Clohessy, A.M. ; Hussey, C.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    397
  • Lastpage
    398
  • Abstract
    The realisation of tightly bent PANDA polarisation maintaining fibre with minimal reduction of extinction ratio and throughput power is described for the miniaturisation of polarisation maintaining fibre circuits. After mechanically side-polishing the bare PANDA fibre, bend diameters as small as 1 mm have been achieved that preserve the fibre s extinction ratio ( 35 dB) with minimal loss ( 0.1 dB).
  • Keywords
    extinction coefficients; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; polishing; bend diameters; high extinction ratio fibre; low-loss tightly bent PANDA fibre; mechanical side polishing; minimal loss; polarisation maintaining fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.3228
  • Filename
    4813155
    • Link To Document
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