• DocumentCode
    1126797
  • Title

    Asymmetric fiber-optic coupler for LAN applications

  • Author

    Kieli, Michael ; Herczfeld, Peter R.

  • Author_Institution
    Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1729
  • Lastpage
    1731
  • Abstract
    This paper presents experimental results of an asymmetric, effectively nonreciprocal fiber-optic coupler fabricated from unequal core diameters multimode fibers. It is shown that the nonreciprocity is due to modal dependent coupling.
  • Keywords
    LANs; Local-area network (LAN); Optical fiber coupling; Optical propagation, nonreciprocal media; Local area networks; Optical coupling; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Personal communication networks; Power measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1986.1074681
  • Filename
    1074681