Title :
Fabrication of tunable photonic crystal fiber coupler
Author :
Kim, Hokynng ; Kim, Jincbae ; Lee, Byeong Ha ; Paek, Un-Cbul ; Moon, Jung ; Kim, Kwang-Taek ; Eom, Joo Beom
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Kwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of tunable photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coupler based on the side polishing technology. The PCF coupler was obtained by mating two side-polished PCFs embedded in quartz block. By adjusting the mating angle between the blocks, the coupling ratio could be adjusted from 0 to 90 percent. The spectrum of coupled light was rather flat over a 400 nm wavelength range with small ripples.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical tuning; photonic crystals; polishing; 400 nm; PCF coupler fabrication; coupled light spectrum; photonic crystal fiber coupler; quartz; side polishing technology; tunable fiber coupler;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
