New method for centring optical connectors and splices by single mode excitation |
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Authors: | Blondy J.M. Pagnoux D. Seignole J.F. Facq P. |
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Affiliation: | Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Opt. et Microondes, CNRS, Limoges, France; |
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Abstract: | The LP/sub 1,n/ mode family exhibits an azimuthal dependence of mode conversion at a misaligned splice or connectors. This property leads to an accurate method for centring monomode and multimode connectors based on LP/sub 11/ mode rotation.<> |
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