• DocumentCode
    1653502
  • Title

    Low-loss, broad-band coupling between single-mode optical fibers with very different mode-field diameters

  • Author

    Hofmann, Peter ; Mafi, Arash ; Jollivet-Salvin, Clémence ; Tiess, Tobias ; Peyghambarian, N. ; Schülzgen, Axel

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An approach for efficient coupling between different single-mode fibers is demonstrated. It is shown that short segments of graded-index fiber can provide broadband, extremely low-loss coupling even when the fibers have very different mode-field diameters.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; broad band coupling; low-loss coupling; single mode optical fibers; very different mode field diameter; Couplings; Educational institutions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325652