• DocumentCode
    945485
  • Title

    Fabrication of low-loss 3 dB couplers with multimode optical fibres

  • Author

    Tsujimoto, Y. ; Serizawa, H. ; Hattori, K. ; Fukai, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Central Research Laboratories, Moriguchi, Japan
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    158
  • Abstract
    A 3 dB coupler was fabricated using two partially polished fibres which were in contact with each polished portion. The excess insertion loss and the directivity of this coupler are measured to be 0.36 dB and 47.0 dB, respectively.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; 3 dB coupler; directivity; insertion loss; multimode optical fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19780105
  • Filename
    4240939