Title :
New analysis of LED to single-mode fibre coupling
Author_Institution :
AEG Aktiengesellschaft, Forschungsinstitut Ulm, Ulm, West Germany
Abstract :
It is shown that the coupling efficiency between partially coherent sources like LEDs and single-mode fibres can be calculated from near-field and far-field data. Good agreement with experimental results is found.
Keywords :
light coherence; light emitting diodes; optical couplers; optical fibres; LED; coupling efficiency; far-field data; near-field data; partially coherent sources; single-mode fibre coupling;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860805
