Carbon dioxide laser fabrication of fused-fiber couplers and tapers

被引：93

作者：

Dimmick, TE ^{[1
]}

Kakarantzas, G ^{[1
]}

Birks, TA ^{[1
]}

Russell, PS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bath, Sch Phys, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 1999年 / 38卷 / 33期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1364/AO.38.006845

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report the development of a fiber taper and fused-fiber coupler fabrication rig that uses a scanning, focused, CO2 laser beam as the heat source. As a result of the pointlike heat source and the versatility associated with scanning, tapers of any transition shape and uniform taper waist can be produced. Tapers with both a linear shape and an exponential transition shape were measured. The taper waist uniformity was measured and shown to be better than +/- 1.2%. The rig was also used to make fused-fiber couplers. Couplers with excess loss below -0.1 dB were routinely produced. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 060.2310, 060.1810, 060.2340, 220.0220, 220.4610.

引用

页码：6845 / 6848

页数：4

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