Measurement of launching efficiency into multimode optical fibers using semiconductor laser diodes

Author

Sunak, Harish R D

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1988

fDate

12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

561

Lastpage

563

Abstract

A detailed and systematic study has been carried out of the launching efficiency of light, from semiconductor laser diodes into graded-index multimode optical fiber waveguides. Four different terminations of the fibers were investigated: plane-ends, hemispherical ends, taper-with-hemisphere ends, and roof-top (RT) ends. Besides launching efficiency, the parameters of interest were the various misalignments, such as axial, lateral, and angular, between laser and fiber, and the effect of these to produce a reduction in the launching efficiency. It is shown that RT fibers increase the launching efficiency considerably but rotational optimization of the fiber about its axis is essential. It is noted that this is a considerable disadvantage as most of the other techniques considered do not require the optimization

Keywords

optical fibres; optical testing; optical variables measurement; semiconductor junction lasers; graded-index multimode optical fiber waveguides; hemispherical ends; launching efficiency; misalignments; multimode optical fibers; plane-ends; roof top ends; rotational optimization; semiconductor laser diodes; taper-with-hemisphere ends; Apertures; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Helium; Loss measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor lasers; Tellurium;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.9813

Filename

9813