ADIABATICITY OF MINIATURE LOOPS IN TAPERED SINGLE-MODE FIBER

被引:8
作者
BIRKS, TA [1 ]
OAKLEY, KP [1 ]
HUSSEY, CD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LIMERICK,LIGHTWAVE TECHNOL RES CTR,LIMERICK,IRELAND
关键词
OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDE COMPONENTS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921303
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Miniature loops in tapered single-mode fibre are low-loss despite the severe deformation of the modal fields in the bend. This is because the changes of curvature in real loops are gradual enough to be adiabatic. Further miniaturisation should be possible by decreasing the taper diameter.
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页码:2034 / 2035
页数:2
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