2 × 2 Fused fiber null couplers with asymmetric waist cross sections for polarization independent (<0.01 dB) switching

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1671-1679

  Farwell, Selina G ^a,b,c,d   Zervas, Michalis N ^a,c   Laming, Richard I ^c  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic; Asymmetric waist cross section; Fiber switch; Form birefringence; Fused coupler; Null coupler; Polarization insensitive

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MELTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PERFORMANCE;

FUSED FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0032162914     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.712251     Document Type: Article

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