Highly-efficient optical power combiners based on evanescently-coupled micro/nano optical fibers

作者: Zehua Hong , Xinwan Li , Linjie Zhou , Weiwen Zou , Xiaomeng Sun

DOI: 10.1016/J.OPTCOM.2012.04.024

关键词: Maximum power principleFabricationNano-Optical powerMaterials scienceOptical fiberPhotonicsOptical communicationOpticsPower dividers and directional couplers

摘要: Abstract Novel highly-efficient power combiners based on evanescently-coupled micro/nano optical fibers are proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Experimental results show that the maximum combing efficiency can be >90%. The combining is overlap length dependent. As long as enough (∼7 mm), a stable high always achieved. presented with advantages of easy fabrication, low-loss, low-cost, wavelength insensitivity find potential applications in photonic devices, communications interconnects.

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