Title :
All-fibre wideband polarisation beam-combiner
Author :
Azami, N. ; Villeneuve, A. ; Gonthier, F.
Author_Institution :
ITF Opt. Technol. Inc.R&D, Saint-Laurent, Que., Canada
Abstract :
An all-fibre polarisation beam-combiner with more than 200 nm spectral width for -15 dB extinction ratio is demonstrated. The design is based on a narrowband polarisation beam-combiner coupler in association with a WDM coupler in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder interferometer arms; Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure; WDM coupler; all fibre wideband polarisation beam combiner; narrowband polarisation beam-combiner coupler; pi phase; spectral dependence transmittivity; wavelength division multiplexing coupler;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20045592
