• DocumentCode
    552196
  • Title

    Fiber fuse effect propagation break using optical fiber taper

  • Author

    Rocha, A.M. ; Fernandes, G. ; Domingues, F. ; Pinto, A.N. ; Facão, M. ; André, P.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Telecomun., Aveiro, Portugal
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    593
  • Lastpage
    594
  • Abstract
    We report the use of an optical fiber taper to halt the fiber fuse effect propagation. The increase of the mode field diameter in the tapered region results in the inhibition of the fuse propagation through it.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; fiber fuse effect propagation break; mode field diameter; optical fiber taper;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-288-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-986-02-8974-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6015278