Title :
Sensitive side-polished fibers with negligible optical loss
Author :
Chiu, J.Y. ; Liaw, S.K. ; Tseng, Shiao-Min
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
The polished fiber having a polishing depth d-a near 0.20 μm existed optical loss no greater than 0.5 dB. In our experiments, the polishing depth was controlled well and the accuracy was within +0.25 μm. We found our side-polished fibers had negligible optical loss. In addition, the radius of grooves can be dynamically set, thereby achieving a long effective polishing length. Our results were very attractive in making passive, or active fiber devices, or even in studying nonlinear optics
Keywords :
fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; polishing; 0.2 mum; 0.5 dB; active fiber devices; dynamically set; grooves; long effective polishing length; negligible optical loss; nonlinear optics; optical fibre device fabrication; optical loss; passive fiber devices; polished fiber; polishing depth; sensitive side-polished fibers; side-polished fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379082
