Title :
Fused taper fibre microcoupler
Author :
Kakarantzas, G. ; Dimmick, T.E. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P.St.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Abstract :
Single-mode fibre couplers considerably less than 1 mm long are formed by fusing together two tapered fibres using a carbon dioxide laser. This will allow a miniature version of many all-fibre devices to be made.
Keywords :
Laser materials processing; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber fabrication; 1 mm; 15 mum; all-fibre devices; carbon dioxide laser; fused taper fibre microcoupler; miniature version; single-mode fibre couplers; tapered fibres; Carbon dioxide; Fiber lasers; Fires; Laser fusion; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868364
