Title :
Air hole control for characteristic adjustment in air hole collapsed photonic crystal fiber coupler
Author :
Yokota, Hirohisa ; Nakajima, Yuu ; Ichige, Tomoya ; Imai, Yoh ; Sasaki, Yutaka
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan
Abstract :
We proposed and demonstrated a method to adjust coupling characteristics of air hole collapsed photonic crystal fiber coupler by air hole control with CO2 laser irradiation technique after elongation process in coupler fabrication.
Keywords :
gas lasers; holey fibres; optical control; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; photonic crystals; air hole collapsed photonic crystal fiber coupler; air hole control; coupler fabrication; laser irradiation technique; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5222629