1 September 1995 Passive fiber optic bus using bidirectional integrated optic bus access couplers
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Abstract
The feasibility of a passive fiber optic bus that uses bidirectional integrated optics bus access couplers is studied. The number of bus nodes can be increased when an optimized asymmetric bus access coupler is used instead of a symmetric one. A modified Ag-Na ion exchange process provides the possibility of manufacturing integrated optics asymmetric couplers for the bus. The process is suitable for the processing of integrated optics components that combine deep multimode waveguides with different core sizes on a single substrate. An access coupler is designed, modeled, and processed. The coupler is optimized for seven nodes; the asymmetry of the coupler is 5 dB.
Pentti Karioja, Simo K. T. Tammela, Ari Tervonen, and Seppo Honkanen "Passive fiber optic bus using bidirectional integrated optic bus access couplers," Optical Engineering 34(9), (1 September 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208109
Published: 1 September 1995
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KEYWORDS
Integrated optics

Fiber optics

Ion exchange

Optics manufacturing

Process modeling

Waveguides

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