• DocumentCode
    1009499
  • Title

    New biconically tapered fibre star coupler: structure and fabrication

  • Author

    Imoto, Keisuke ; Ikuta, Yuya ; Maeda, Munenori

  • Author_Institution
    Hitachi Ltd., Central Research Laboratory, Kokubunji, Japan
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    514
  • Lastpage
    515
  • 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 log10 n for input/output fibre port number n. Reproducibility and stability have been improved through the new method of manufacture.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; biconically tapered fibre bundle; biconically tapered fibre star coupler; fabrication; insertion loss; method of manufacture; optical star couplers; quartz tube; reproducibility; stability; structure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850364
  • Filename
    4251284