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1. Concept 2. Classification 3. Application 4. Parameter 5. Principle of Operation 6. Fused Biconical Taper - FBT
1. OPTICAL COUPLER
An optical coupler is a passive optical component that able to combine or slip stransmission data from optical fiber. Couplers are bi-directional, they can carry light in either direction.
The power from each input is split equally among all the inputs. Tap off a small portion of the light stream for monitoring purposes : close to 1(0.90 0.95) Building blocks: Modulator Switches Filters Multiplexers/ demultiplexers
4. PARAMETER
Excess Loss.
Insertion Loss.
Coupling Ratio.
4. PARAMETER
Uniformity.
4. PARAMETER
Return Loss
Isolator.
Light couples from one wavelength to the other The propagation mode of the combined waveguide Electric fields outputs (E01 , E02), inputs (E11 , E12):
FBT method is the most common way of manufacturing coupler. Fibre twisted, then spot fused under tension to form an elongated biconical taper structure.