DocumentCode
328556
Title
Lens-free alignment-free optical isolators integrated into a fiber array
Author
Sato, T. ; Kasahara, R. ; Irie, T. ; Shiraishi, K. ; Kawakami, S.
Author_Institution
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
19-19 Sept. 1996
Firstpage
131
Abstract
We demonstrate lens-free optical isolators integrated into a thermally expanded core fiber array. The isolators are constructed without any optical alignment. The isolator chip is composed of two birefringent wedges, a birefringent plate and a Faraday rotator which is sandwiched between a pair of thermally expanded core (TEC) fibers. The optical performance is promising and suggests the configuration is useful for low-cost isolators.
Keywords
Faraday effect; arrays; birefringence; fibre lasers; integrated optics; magneto-optical isolators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; Faraday rotator; birefringent plate; birefringent wedges; fiber amplifier; fiber array; fiber network systems; lens-free alignment-free optical isolators; low-cost isolators; optical functional devices; optical performance; thermally expanded core fiber array; thermally expanded core fibers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN
82-423-0418-1
Type
conf
Filename
715709
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