Title :
Accurate physical fusion taper shape model for waveguide analyses
Author :
Lochmann, Steffen ; Labs, J.-M. ; Sharma, Abhishek B.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Telecommun., Asian Inst. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
A model for predicting the accurate shape of fusion tapers depending on fabrication parameters has been developed and applied to the sensitive tapering of depressed cladding fibres resulting in short lowloss tapers.
Keywords :
modelling; optical fibre fabrication; depressed cladding fibres; fabrication parameters; fusion taper shape model; physical model; short lowloss tapers; waveguide analyses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931188
