Title :
Asymmetric fiber-optic coupler for LAN applications
Author :
Kieli, Michael ; Herczfeld, Peter R.
Author_Institution :
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents experimental results of an asymmetric, effectively nonreciprocal fiber-optic coupler fabricated from unequal core diameters multimode fibers. It is shown that the nonreciprocity is due to modal dependent coupling.
Keywords :
LANs; Local-area network (LAN); Optical fiber coupling; Optical propagation, nonreciprocal media; Local area networks; Optical coupling; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Personal communication networks; Power measurement;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1986.1074681
