Abstract
An optical code generating device using plastic optical fiber (POF) coupler for a portable optical access card system is presented. The code generating device has been constructed using asymmetric hollow POF coupler design. The device provides a unique series of output light intensities which are successively used as an optical code. Ray tracing models of various coupler designs showed a linear relationship between the tap-off ratio (TOFR) and the waveguide tap width. The asymmetric POF coupler has been fabricated on metal-based materials using machining technique. The results for the simulated and fabricated metal-based 1×2 asymmetric couplers show the same linear characteristics between the TOFR and the tap width. The simulated devices show a TOFR variation from 18.6 to 49.9% whereas the TOFR for the fabricated metal-based devices varies from 10.7 to 47.7%, for a tap width of 500 mm to 1 mm. The insertion loss for the 1×2 asymmetric coupler at the tap line varies from 12.7 to 21.2 dB whereas for the bus line, the average insertion loss is about 12 dB.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 86-92 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optical Review |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
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Keywords
- Access-card
- Asymmetric
- Coupler
- Mold insert
- Plastic optical fiber
- POF
- Tap-off ratio
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Fabrication of 1×2 asymmetric plastic optical fiber coupler for portable optical access-card system. / Ehsan, Abang Annuar; Shaari, Sahbudin; Rahman, Mohd Kamil Abd.
In: Optical Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 86-92.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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