• DocumentCode
    1028267
  • Title

    Modes of evanescent 3Ã\x973 couplers and three-core fibres

  • Author

    Black, Richard J. ; Gagnon, Louis ; Youngquist, Robert C. ; Wentworth, R.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Département de Génie Physique, Montreal, Canada
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    1311
  • Lastpage
    1313
  • Abstract
    We consider the modes of a weakly coupled equilateral triangular array of three fibre cores. In particular, we concentrate on what symmetry tells us about the field, propagation constant degeneracies and thus their beating.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; waveguide theory; beating; evanescent coupling; field; optical coupling; optical fibres; propagation constant degeneracies; symmetry; tapered fibres; three fibre cores; three-core fibres; weakly coupled equilateral triangular array;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860899
  • Filename
    4257119