Title :
Polarisation analysis of strongly fused and weakly fused tapered couplers
Author :
Payne, F.P. ; Hussey, C.D. ; Yataki, M.S.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The polarisation properties of both strongly fused and weakly fused single-mode tapered fibre couplers have been analysed. A comparison with experimental results shows excellent agreement with our analysis.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; polarisation properties; single-mode; strongly fused type; tapered couplers; weakly fused type;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850397
