Title :
Design of adiabatic tapers produced by controlled core diffusion
Author :
Botham, C.P. ; Harper, J.S.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The production of adiabatic ´diffused tapers´ by controlled thermal diffusion in fluorine-doped fibres is investigated. It is concluded that the length of current tapers could be substantially reduced without impairing loss performance.
Keywords :
diffusion in solids; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; adiabatic tapers; controlled core diffusion; controlled thermal diffusion; loss performance; single-mode fibres; taper length reduction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19891021
