Title :
Small loss-deviation tapered fibre star coupler with mixer rod
Author :
Ohshima, Shigetoshi ; Ito, Takao ; Donuma, K. ; Fujii, Yuka
Author_Institution :
Toshiba Corporation, Electron Device Laboratory, Toshiba Research and Development Center, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A large-scale biconical tapered fibre star coupler with mixer rod was developed. It shows considerable improvement in regard to power distribution uniformity. The loss deviation and average excess loss for a 100 × 100 star coupler were 0.37 and 3.2 dB, respectively.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; excess loss; large-scale biconical tapered fibre star coupler; loss deviation; mixer rod; optical local area star network; power distribution uniformity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840665
