DocumentCode
3081514
Title
Fused combined plastic optical fiber star coupler
Author
Kim, Kwang Taek ; Han, Boo Jeon
Author_Institution
Dept. of Optoelectron., Honam Univ., Gwangju, South Korea
fYear
2012
fDate
2-6 July 2012
Firstpage
381
Lastpage
382
Abstract
High performance plastic optical fiber (POF) N × N star couplers are implemented based on fusing and combining technology. A set of cladding-removed POFs are fused into a solid body by heating and pressing them together to form the transition region between the input and output sides. The operation principle of the proposed star coupler is explained based on ray optics. 2×2, 4×4, 6×6 type POF couplers were fabricated and characterized.
Keywords
heat treatment; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; plastics; pressing; ray tracing; cladding-removed POF; fused combined plastic optical fiber star coupler; fusing-combining technology; heating; high performance plastic optical fiber N x N star couplers; ray optics; solid body; transition region; Couplers; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Plastics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location
Busan
ISSN
2166-8884
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN
2166-8884
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276736
Filename
6276736
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