• DocumentCode
    1025527
  • Title

    Polarisation-maintaining fibre couplers with low excess loss

  • Author

    Yokohama, I. ; Kawachi, M. ; Okamoto, K. ; Noda, J.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Japan
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    929
  • Lastpage
    930
  • Abstract
    Polarisation-maintaining fused fibre couplers with excess loss of less than 0.1 dB have been fabricated by using polarisation-maintaining and absorption-reducing (PANDA) fibres with matched-index stress-applying parts. The couplers show polarisation crosstalk of less than ¿30 dB.
  • Keywords
    crosstalk; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; PANDA fibres; low excess loss; matched-index stress-applying parts; polarisation crosstalk; polarisation maintaining fibre couplers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860632
  • Filename
    4256839