Title :
Fabrication and characterization of planar waveguide couplers for multimode fiber-based local area networks
Author :
Musa, S. ; Lagali, N.S. ; Sengo, G. ; Krijnen, G.J.M. ; Driessen, A.
Author_Institution :
MESA Res. Inst., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We report on fabrication and characterization of low-cost, compact, multimode fiber-matched 1×2 and 2×2 couplers for short-distance communications. The couplers were fabricated using polymer waveguide technology and show very promising characteristics
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; coupling losses; multimode fiber-based local area networks; multimode fiber-matched 1×2 couplers; multimode fiber-matched 2×2 couplers; planar waveguide couplers; polymer waveguide technology; self-imaging principle; short-distance communications; waveguide tapering; Local area networks; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Polymers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969259
