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
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