DocumentCode
1504119
Title
Power equalisation in 3*3 fibre couplers by twist tuning
Author
Birks, T.A.
Author_Institution
Lightwave Technol. Res. Centre, Limerick Univ., Ireland
Volume
27
Issue
12
fYear
1991
fDate
6/6/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1087
Lastpage
1089
Abstract
The output powers of a 3*3 tapered fibre coupler, with an equilateral triangular cross-sectional arrangement of fibres, can be tuned by twisting the coupler. The principal effect of the twist is to redistribute optical power between the two nonlaunch fibres.
Keywords
optical couplers; optical fibres; tuning; equilateral triangular cross-sectional arrangement; power equalisation; tapered fibre coupler; twist tuning;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910675
Filename
76231
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