A Ball-Bed Mode Mixer For Fiber Evaluation And Micro-Optic Device Assembly

Lothar P. Mannschke

doi:10.1117/12.951008

15 April 1986 A Ball-Bed Mode Mixer For Fiber Evaluation And Micro-Optic Device Assembly

Lothar P. Mannschke

Proceedings Volume 0584, Optical Fiber Characteristics and Standards; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951008
Event: 1985 International Technical Symposium/Europe, 1985, Cannes, France

Abstract

A deliberate employment of mode mixing is utilized to make a source that illuminates a fiber in the simulated "steady state distribution". Mode mixing is achieved by combining power exchange due to bending and micro-bending. Discussing these effects design criteria are derived and a practical solution is given. These mode mixers have been used for fiber evaluation and high quality device assembly.

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Lothar P. Mannschke "A Ball-Bed Mode Mixer For Fiber Evaluation And Micro-Optic Device Assembly", Proc. SPIE 0584, Optical Fiber Characteristics and Standards, (15 April 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951008

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