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In-situ Tapering of Chalcogenide Fiber for Mid-infrared Supercontinuum Generation
Published on: May 27, 2013
Compact, low-loss, fused biconical taper couplers: overcoupled operation and antisymmetric supermode cutoff
F Bilodeau1, K O Hill, D C Johnson
1Communications Research Centre, P.O. Box 11490, Station H, Ottawa, Ontario K2H 8S2, Canada.
Abstract:
The automated manufacture and characterization of compact four-port highly overcoupled fused couplers is reported. During the pulling stage of the manufacturing process, the light power in such devices is observed to cycle back and forth up to 1000 times between the two output ports for elongations smaller than 20 mm. For sufficiently long pulls, antisymmetric supermode cutoff has been observed for the first time to our knowledge, manifested by a sudden cessation of the coupling process. The measured wavelength dependence of the coupling ratio together with the device dimensions are consistent with the observation of cutoff as observed in pull-signature characteristics.
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