Title :
Control of mode evolution in the multimode optical fiber for reliable evaluation of the multimode polymer optical waveguide
Author :
Tan, Freddy Susanto ; Sugihara, Okihiro ; Kaino, Toshikuni
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Multidiscipl. Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 2 2011
Abstract :
A standard evaluation method for the multimode polymer optical waveguides is necessary to obtain reliable experimental results. There are several categories of evaluation techniques proposed by the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC). We have developed a simple input launch configuration to control mode evolution in the multimode optical fiber by means of the Encircled Flux (EF) category. Furthermore, we have examined our input launch system by evaluating insertion loss of the multimode polymer optical waveguides. The experimental results demonstrated the insertion loss variation of less than 5 %.
Keywords :
optical control; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; encircled flux; input launch system; insertion loss; mode evolution control; multimode optical fiber; multimode polymer optical waveguide; Area measurement; Materials reliability; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Microopics Conference (MOC), 2011 17th
Conference_Location :
Sendai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1344-6
