New biconically tapered fibre star coupler: structure and fabrication

23 May 1985

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 21 (11) , 514-515
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19850364

Abstract

A new biconically tapered fibre star coupler has been developed. This coupler has a biconically tapered fibre bundle inserted within a quartz tube. This fibre bundle is obtained by heating the tube. The insertion loss for this coupler has been found to be approximately log₁₀n for input/output fibre port number n. Reproducibility and stability have been improved through the new method of manufacture.

Keywords

REPRODUCIBILITY
STRUCTURE
QUARTZ TUBE
OPTICAL STAR COUPLERS
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
STABILITY
INSERTION LOSS
FABRICATION
BICONICALLY TAPERED FIBRE BUNDLE
BICONICALLY TAPERED FIBRE STAR COUPLER

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