All-fibre polarising beamsplitter
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- Author(s): M.S. Yataki 1 ; D.N. Payne 1 ; M.P. Varnham 2
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Affiliations:
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Department of Electronics & Information Engineering,
University of Southampton
, Southampton
, UK
2: British Aerospace plc , Stevenage , UK
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Affiliations:
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Department of Electronics & Information Engineering,
University of Southampton
, Southampton
, UK
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 21, Issue 6, 14 March 1985, p. 249 – 251, DOI: 10.1049/el:19850178, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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Published 21/07/2012
Abstract
The first fibre equivalent of a polarising beamsplitter is reported. The device is based on a fused-taper fibre coupler. Separation of the orthogonally polarised components of the input light can be accomplished to better than 17 dB.
Inspec keywords: optical couplers; light polarisation; optical fibres
Other keywords: fused-taper fibre coupler; spectral response; polarising beamsplitter; optical fibres
Subjects: Optical beam splitters; Fibre optics; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides
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