• DocumentCode
    885307
  • Title

    Wavelength-flattened couplers: performance optimisation by twist-tuning

  • Author

    Birks, T.A. ; Hussey, C.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    3/6/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    407
  • Lastpage
    408
  • Abstract
    The twisting of an asymmetric fused tapered single-mode fibre coupler is found to decrease the maximum coupled power, in addition to the usual shift in the wavelength response. This effect can be used to optimise a wavelength-flattened coupler´s performance during or after coupler elongation.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; tuning; asymmetric fused tapered single-mode fibre coupler; coupler elongation; maximum coupled power; performance optimisation; twist-tuning; wavelength response; wavelength-flattened coupler´s performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890280
  • Filename
    21052