• DocumentCode
    995861
  • Title

    Small loss-deviation tapered fibre star coupler with mixer rod

  • Author

    Ohshima, Shigetoshi ; Ito, Takao ; Donuma, K. ; Fujii, Yuka

  • Author_Institution
    Toshiba Corporation, Electron Device Laboratory, Toshiba Research and Development Center, Kawasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    976
  • Lastpage
    978
  • Abstract
    A large-scale biconical tapered fibre star coupler with mixer rod was developed. It shows considerable improvement in regard to power distribution uniformity. The loss deviation and average excess loss for a 100 × 100 star coupler were 0.37 and 3.2 dB, respectively.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; excess loss; large-scale biconical tapered fibre star coupler; loss deviation; mixer rod; optical local area star network; power distribution uniformity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840665
  • Filename
    4249178