• 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