DocumentCode
1318424
Title
New method for centring optical connectors and splices by single mode excitation
Author
Blondy, J.M. ; Pagnoux, D. ; Seignole, J.F. ; Facq, P.
Author_Institution
Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Opt. et Microondes, CNRS, Limoges, France
Volume
27
Issue
2
fYear
1991
Firstpage
123
Lastpage
125
Abstract
The LP1,n mode family exhibits an azimuthal dependence of mode conversion at a misaligned splice or connectors. This property leads to an accurate method for centring monomode and multimode connectors based on LP11 mode rotation.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; LP 1,n mode family; LP 11 mode rotation; alignment technique; azimuthal dependence; misaligned splice; mode conversion; multimode connectors; optical connectors; optical fibre centring; single mode excitation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910082
Filename
83158
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