DocumentCode
775899
Title
Novel Method for the Fabrication of Long Optical Fiber Tapers
Author
Vukovic, Natasha ; Broderick, Neil G R ; Petrovich, Marco ; Brambilla, Gilberto
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Volume
20
Issue
14
fYear
2008
fDate
7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1264
Lastpage
1266
Abstract
We report a novel fiber taper facility that allows the fabrication of fiber tapers between a few centimeters and tens of meters in length and that can be used for standard and microstructured optical fibers (MOFs). Efficient reduction of error in diameter variation is achieved using the velocity control feedback loop. The experimental results of the tapering of both the step index fiber and the MOF are presented. The observed outer diameter tracking error over the taper length was within 1%.
Keywords
optical feedback; optical fibre fabrication; fiber taper; microstructured optical fibers; step index fiber; taper length; tracking error; velocity control feedback loop; DC motors; Feedback loop; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs); tapering error; tapers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2008.926037
Filename
4553773
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