Title :
Low reflectance internal mirrors
Author :
Park, Jaehee ; Taylor, Henry F.
Author_Institution :
Samsung Electro-Mech. Co., Texas A&M Univ., USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. An internal mirror in a continuous length of optical fiber has been a basic component for a variety of devices in optical fiber communication systems. Hence, some kinds of internal mirrors have been fabricated, but none of them was low reflectance internal mirror with low insertion loss. Low reflectance mirrors with low insertion loss were produced using mechanical splices and pieces of fiber coated with a TiO/sub 2/ film. These mirrors can be used as partial reflectors in the optical fiber transversal filters. The fabrication procedures of internal mirrors is presented.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical films; reflectivity; TiO/sub 2/; TiO/sub 2/ film; continuous length; fabrication procedures; fiber communication systems; internal mirror; internal mirrors; low insertion loss; low reflectance internal mirror; low reflectance internal mirrors; low reflectance mirrors; mechanical splices; optical fiber transversal filters; optical fibre mirrors; partial reflectors; Insertion loss; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical losses; Reflectivity; Transversal filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571610
