• DocumentCode
    1149978
  • Title

    Fused polished polarisation-maintaining fibre couplers

  • Author

    Cryan, C.V. ; O Donnchadha, M. ; Lonergan, J.M. ; Hussey, C.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Lightwave Technol. Res. Centre, Limerick Univ., Ireland
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/23/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    857
  • Lastpage
    858
  • Abstract
    A fused polished polarisation-maintaining fibre coupler with extinction ratio of greater than 17 dB has been made with standard PANDA fibre, using a recently reported technique where the ease of fabrication is comparable to that for fused tapered couplers.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; PANDA fibre; extinction ratio; fabrication ease; fused polished fibre couplers; polarisation-maintaining fibre couplers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920541
  • Filename
    135136