Title :
Planar star couplers for 200 μm multimode PCS fibers
Author :
Kibler, Thomas ; Guttmann, Joachim ; Huber, Hans-Peter ; Zeeb, Eberhard
Author_Institution :
DaimlerChrysler Res. & Technol., Germany
Abstract :
We have investigated the design and the fabrication of planar transmissive and reflective star couplers for 200 μ polymer clad silica (PCS) fibres. We propose the design of potential low-cost planar optical star couplers and demonstrate prototypes with good optical performance.
Keywords :
optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; 200 micron; multimode PCS fiber; planar transmissive star coupler; polymer clad silica fibre; reflective star coupler; Fabrication; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical fiber couplers; Optical polymers; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Personal communication networks; Planar waveguides; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252981
