Title :
Fabrication of polarisation-maintaining [3Ã\x973] single-mode-fibre couplers
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
[3×3] fused fibre couplers have been fabricated with polarisation-maintaining and absorption-reducing (PANDA) fibres. The couplers can hold linear polarisation along the principal axis of the fibre branches, showing an extinction ratio better than ¿15 dB.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; PANDA fibres; absorption reducing fibres; extinction ratio; fused fibre couplers; linear polarisation; optical fibres; polarisation maintaining fibres; single-mode-fibre couplers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830532
