DocumentCode
356380
Title
Fused taper fibre microcoupler
Author
Kakarantzas, G. ; Dimmick, T.E. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P.St.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Volume
1
fYear
2000
fDate
7-10 March 2000
Firstpage
35
Abstract
Single-mode fibre couplers considerably less than 1 mm long are formed by fusing together two tapered fibres using a carbon dioxide laser. This will allow a miniature version of many all-fibre devices to be made.
Keywords
Laser materials processing; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber fabrication; 1 mm; 15 mum; all-fibre devices; carbon dioxide laser; fused taper fibre microcoupler; miniature version; single-mode fibre couplers; tapered fibres; Carbon dioxide; Fiber lasers; Fires; Laser fusion; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Temperature control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-630-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2000.868364
Filename
868364
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