Title :
Development of a variable fiber optic coupler
Author :
Hanafi, M. ; Abdullah, M.K. ; Shaari, A.Z. ; Anas, S.B.A. ; Shaari, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Commun. Syst. Eng., Putra Malaysia Univ., Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
The tuning of the coupling ratio of fused fiber optic couplers over a wide range is demonstrated. The variable coupling ratio is achieved by applying a deflection to the fused biconical taper coupler. The dependency of the variable coupler on the deflection is elaborated. It is found that in the range of 0.8 mm deflection, the coupling ratio can be varied from 11% to 92% with the excess loss less than 0.1 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical tuning; fused biconical taper coupler; tuning; variable coupling ratio; variable fiber optic coupler; Flyback transformers; Maintenance; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Networks, 2005. Jointly held with the 2005 IEEE 7th Malaysia International Conference on Communication., 2005 13th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0000-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICON.2005.1635438
