DocumentCode
1537134
Title
Practical prepolished wavelength flat couplers for telecommunications applications
Author
O´Sullivan, N. ; Donnchadha, M. Ó ; Hussey, C.D.
Author_Institution
Lightwave Technol. Res. Centre, Limerick Univ., Ireland
Volume
27
Issue
11
fYear
1991
fDate
5/23/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
971
Lastpage
972
Abstract
The refinement of the fabrication technique for prepolished asymmetric couplers in single-mode fibres is described. Low loss (<0.1 dB) 50/50 splitters are routinely produced which are wavelength flat over the range from 1.3 mu m to 1.55 mu m.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; optical workshop techniques; polishing; 1.3 to 1.55 micron; fabrication technique; low loss design; optical fibre fusion; prepolished asymmetric couplers; single-mode fibres; surface quality; telecommunications applications; wavelength flat couplers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910606
Filename
78121
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