Title :
Novel mass-fabrication of fibre couplers using arrayed fibre ribbons
Author :
Yokohama, I. ; Chida, K. ; Hanafusa, H. ; Noda, J.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
9/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
To achieve high productivity and high density packaging of fibre couplers for practical systems, a novel mass-fabrication process using arrayed fibre ribbons has been developed. The fabricated arrayed-fibre coupler consists of four couplers which are all fabricated together from four-fibre ribbons. Each fibre coupler had 3 dB coupling ratio to within 49.3±2.1%. It has been confirmed that plural fibre couplers with equal coupling ratio can be simultaneously fabricated by the mass-fabrication process
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; arrayed fibre ribbons; fibre couplers; four-fibre ribbons; high density packaging; high productivity; mass-fabrication; optical fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
