Selective fused couplers consisting a mismatched twin-core fibre and a standard optical fibre

Ortega, B. and Dong, L. (1999) Selective fused couplers consisting a mismatched twin-core fibre and a standard optical fibre. IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 17 (1), 123-128. (doi:10.1109/50.737431).

Abstract

We have demonstrated a novel selective fused coupler consisting a mismatched twin-core fibre and an ordinary optical fibre. Selective coupling of over 99% has been achieved between the higher NA core of the twin-core fibre and the ordinary optical fibre core with insertion loss as low as 0.04 dB. The coupler can be made easily on a standard fused coupler rig. We also studied the principle of the device. The device opens a variety of applications so far limited by the difficulty in simultaneous accessing the both cores of a mismatched twin-core fibre.

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