Title : 
Remote coupling in Bragg fibers
         
        
            Author : 
Iliew, Rumen ; Etrich, Christoph ; Lederer, Falk
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. fur Festkorpertheorie und Theor. Opt., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a directional coupler in Bragg fibers that allows for remote coupling and thus lossless conversion of the fundamental mode into a large-diameter annular mode. We analyze the propagation behavior and give design rules.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical fibre couplers; Bragg fibers; design rules; directional coupler; fundamental mode; large-diameter annular mode; lossless conversion; propagation behavior; remote coupling;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Francisco, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-777-6