Title :
Thermally tunable fused fiberoptic 2×2 coupler
Author :
Duthel, T. ; Spaarschuh, M. ; Schaffen, C.G.
Author_Institution :
Gesellschaft fur Wissens- und Technol., Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
We present a novel tunable fused fiberoptic 2×2 coupler. The coupling ratio of this device can be fully tuned in a range from 0% to 100% by applying a temperature change of only 15 K.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; thermo-optical devices; coupling ratio; fused fiberoptic 2×2 coupler; thermal tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
