Title :
Bitaper star couplers with up to 100 fibre channels
Author :
Rawson, E.G. ; Bailey, M.D.
Author_Institution :
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, USA
Abstract :
Biconically tapered fibre-optic star couplers with up to 100 fibre channels are reported which have excess insertion losses as low as ¿0.56 dB and normalised standard deviations of output poers as low as 4.4%
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibres; 100 fibre channels; bitaper star couplers; fabrication technique; insertion loss; optical fibres; output powers; performance parameters; tapered fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790310
