• 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