• DocumentCode
    1139556
  • Title

    A new type of demountable optical device for coupling single-mode planar waveguides to a multifiber array using passive alignment

  • Author

    Kihara, Mitsuru ; Nagasawa, Shinji ; Takaya, Masaaki ; Tanifuji, Tadatoshi

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Access Network Syst. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    1453
  • Lastpage
    1455
  • Abstract
    A novel demountable optical device is developed for coupling single-mode waveguides to a multifiber array using passive alignment. This device is fabricated by forming V-grooves on a waveguide chip and precisely molding both end portions of the chip. The 1/spl times/8 coupling device exhibits a low insertion loss of 10.7 dB and a small loss change of /spl plusmn/0.2 dB for 100 reconnections.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical losses; 1/spl times/8 coupling device; V-grooves; demountable optical device; low insertion loss; molding; multifiber array; optical fibre couplers; passive alignment; single-mode planar waveguides; single-mode waveguide coupling; small loss change; waveguide chip; Connectors; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Plugs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.477280
  • Filename
    477280
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1139556