DocumentCode
1232579
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
Volume
25
Issue
22
fYear
1989
Firstpage
1520
Lastpage
1522
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19891021
Filename
35174
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