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A star coupler for optical data links for use with a single multimode fibre, as opposed to fibre bundles, was realised in the form of a multiport directional coupler assembled from bicorical tapers of multimode fibres. The insertion loss above furcation loss of the 4-paired-port coupler was measured to be 2.8 dB.
Inspec keywords: waveguide couplers; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; fibre optics; data communication systems
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Subjects: Fibre optics; Waveguide and microwave transmission line components; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Optical communication