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
fDate :
7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.926037
