Polished fiber-optic coupler with intermediate planar waveguiding layer. II

Author

Panajotov, Krassimir P. ; Andreev, Andrej Tz ; Zafirova, Blagovesta S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Solid State Phys., Bulgarian Acad. of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume

10

Issue

10

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1363

Lastpage

1366

Abstract

For pt.I see ibid., vol.10, p.882-7 (1992). A theoretical approach for calculating the optical characteristics of single-mode fiber-optic couplers with an intermediate planar waveguiding layer in an equivalent planar geometry by coupled mode theory and an approximation of a fiber curvature by subdividing the structure into a great number of parallel sections is suggested. In this way the mechanism of light transfer from first to second coupler channel is investigated. It is shown that for some parameters of the coupler a part of optical power remains in the intermediate layer, i.e. losses arise in the coupler

Keywords

optical couplers; optical fibre theory; optical losses; coupled mode theory; equivalent planar geometry; fiber curvature; intermediate planar waveguiding layer; light transfer; losses; optical characteristics; optical power; polished fibre optic coupler; single-mode; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.166777

Filename

166777