Title :
Four channel fused fibre mux/demux couplers and add/drop filters in the 1300 and 1550nm regions
Author_Institution :
US Navy, Space & Naval Warfare Syst. Center, San Diego, CA
fDate :
3/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Cascaded fused fibre devices designed to multiplex four channels in a wavelength band are described. These devices, capable of performing multiplexing, demultiplexing, or add/drop functions, show low insertion loss, high isolation, and polarisation independent operation
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 1300 nm; 1550 nm; add/drop filters; add/drop functions; cascaded fused fibre devices; demultiplexing; four-channel multiplexing; fused fibre mux/demux couplers; insertion loss; isolation; multiplexing; polarisation independent operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980401
