Title :
Theoretical study on the butt joint coupling between monomode holey and standard fibers
Author :
Bayle, Fabien ; Meunier, Jean-Pierre ; Marin, Emmanuel
Author_Institution :
Groupe Composants a Fibres Optiques et Photosensibilite, CNRS, Saint-Etienne, France
Abstract :
We show that the losses at the junction between a holey fiber and a standard fiber can be made lower than 0.12 dB at 1.55 μm by optimising the size of the holes and their spacing for an hexagonal arrangement. We also analyse the tolerances with misalignments.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical fibre theory; optical losses; 0.12 dB; 1.55 micron; butt joint coupling losses; hexagonal arrangement; hole size optimisation; hole spacing; misalignments; monomode holey fiber; standard fiber; tolerance analysis; Arithmetic; Convergence; Finite element methods; Gaussian approximation; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Manufacturing processes; Reflection; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
Fibre and Optical Passive Components, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7556-4
DOI :
10.1109/FOPC.2002.1015831
