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Subject Name: Optical Fiber Communication Subject Code: 10EC72 Prepared By: Sreepriya Kurup, Pallavi Adke, Sowmya L(TE) Department: Electronics and Communication Engineering Date: 10/11/2014 8/12/2014

Couplers and Connectors Unit 4 Couplers and Connectors

Couplers and connectors „ Metallic system: Wire: Soldering: Lossless: Economical „ Fiber system: fiber: Splicing: Loss: Economical † Splicing is the permanent connection of two optical fiber. † Two mechanism of splicing: „ Fusion „ Mechanical † Splices are of two types: „ Midspan: the connecting of two cables „ Pigtail: assembly of a fiber that has been factory-installed into a connector in one end, with the other end free for splicing to a cable. † The quality of splicing is measured by the insertion and reflection losses caused by the splice 2

Couplers and connectors losses † Connectors losses at any splice stem from the fact that no all light from one fiber is transmitted to another. The loss results from: „ Mismatch: due to fiber’s mechanical dimensions and numerical aperture. An improvement in splicing technique can not solve the problem. Also called intrinsic connection losses. „ Misalignment: are caused by some imperfection in splicing, that theoretically can be eliminated. An improvement in splicing technique can solve the problem. Also called extrinsic connection losses. † Misalignment Losses in fiber-to-fiber: „ Core misalignment and imperfections. „ Lateral (axial) misalignment „ Angular misalignment „ gap between end s contact „ Non-flat ends „ Cladding alignment 3

Couplers and connectors losses † Misalignment Losses in fiber-to-fiber due to some imperfection in splicing: „ Core misalignment and imperfections. „ Lateral (axial) misalignment „ Angular misalignment „ gap between ends contact „ Non-flat ends due to cleaving θ 4

Mismatch losses † Coupling efficiency reduction due to mismatch: „ Different numerical aperture „ Different core diameter „ Elliptical cross sections (rather than Circular) with cross section are attached with their major axes unaligned. „ The core is not centered in the cladding and the outside cladding is used as the reference for aligning the Joint. „ The distance between the excitation point and the connector (due to unknown distribution of power across the fiber end face, excitation method) „ Length of fiber following the Junctions. † Reasonable loss of 0.1 dB for splices † Reasonable loss of reusable connectors with losses less then 1 dB. 5

Losses due to lateral misalignment † Assumptions: „ Uniform power distribution over the fiber core (suitable for multimode step index fiber). „ The lateral misalignment loss is due only to the non-overlap of transmission and receiving cores. † The coupling efficiency η is defined as the ratio of the overlapping area to the core area. ⎧ 2 ⎫ 2 η= ⎪ ⎡ ⎛d ⎞⎤⎪ −1 ⎨cos − ⎢1−⎜ ⎟⎥⎬ π ⎩ 2a 2a ⎣ ⎝2a⎠ ⎦⎭ † The inversed cosine is calculated in radians. The loss in dB is: L = −10 log η 10 6

Losses due to lateral misalignment † Assumptions: „ Uniform power distribution over the fiber core (suitable for multimode step index fiber). „ The lateral misalignment loss is due only to the non-overlap of transmission and receiving cores. d2 a cosθ = r θ m d2 cosθm= a 0 x r θ d2 θm=cos −1 a d 2 7

Losses due to lateral misalignment † The small displacements d 2a<0.2the equation: ⎧ 2 ⎫ 2 ⎪ d d ⎡ ⎛ d ⎞ ⎤⎪ η = −1 ⎨ cos − ⎢1− ⎜ ⎟ ⎥⎬ π 2a 2a ⎩ ⎣ ⎝2a ⎠ ⎦⎭ 2d η=1 † Reduces to: −πa † Lateral misalignment loss for a multimode SI fiber 8

Axial displacement loss example † A fiber has a core diameter of 50μm „ 1) what is the allowable axial displacement if the coupling loss is to be less than 1 dB. „ 2) Repeat for losses of 0.5 dB. „ 3) Repeat for losses of 0.1 dB. † Solution: „ The coupling efficiency L − L = −10log η ⇒ η =10 10 10 „ The d/a ⎧ 2 ⎫ 2⎪ −1 d d ⎡ ⎛d ⎞⎤⎪ η= ⎨ cos − ⎢1− ⎜ ⎟ ⎥⎬ π 2a 2a ⎩ ⎣ ⎝2a ⎠ ⎦⎭ † The displacement 9

Axial displacement loss example † A fiber has a core diameter of 50μm L − L=−10 log10 η ⇒ η=10 10 † The displacement ⎧ 2 ⎫ 2 ⎪ d d ⎡ d ⎤⎪ −1 ⎛ ⎞ η= ⎨ cos − ⎢1− ⎜ ⎟ ⎥⎬ π ⎩ 2a 2a ⎣ ⎝2a ⎠ ⎦⎭ Loss (dB) d/2a d ( μm ) 1.0 0.16 8 0.5 0.09 4.5 0.1 0.02 1 10

Losses due to lateral misalignment † Higher-ordered modes are more heavily attenuated than lower modes. † Higher-ordered modes contained more power near the core- cladding interface. † The power density at the end of a long fiber will be lower at the edge of the core than at points near its center. † For small axial displacements, only the edges of the transmitting core miss the receiving fiber but the edge contain less power than is assumed in L = −10log η 10 † The actual loss is less than that predicted by theory. 11

Losses due to lateral misalignment † Multimode Graded-index fiber (GRIN) numerical aperture varies across the face of the core. † The numerical aperture has 2 NA=n 2Δ 1 1 ⎝ a ⎠ † The numerical apertures of transmitter and receiver match at every point within the core when the two fibers meet with no offset. † With an offset, there is a NA mismatch at nearly every point. † At those points where the receiver NA is larger than the transmitter NA, all the power is transferred. † At those points where the receiver NA is less than the transmitter NA, some of the power is lost. 12

Losses due to lateral misalignment † The fractional efficiency at those points is equal to the ratio of square of the local numerical aperture. † The coupling efficiency is the average of the local efficiencies weighted according to power distribution across the end face. † The power distribution across the face is not generally known. This fact discourage comprehensive analysis. † For both step index (SI) and parabolic-index fibers with the nearly Gaussian beam. The loss between identical fibers: 2 ⎛ d⎞ −⎜ L=−10 log e ⎟ ⎝ w⎠ 10 † Where W is the spot size. † The spot size in the focal plane λf W =0 πW 13

Physical optics (Diffraction theory) review † Collimated uniform light beam does not converge to a point but instead reduces to a central spot of light surrounded by rings of a steadily diminishing intensity. The central spot has diameter. d= .44λ f D P D Fiber f 14

Diffraction theory review † Very small fibers (having diameters of a few micrometers) and actual light sources produces non-uniform beams. The intensities vary across the transverse plane. A transverse pattern is the Gaussian distribution. † A Gaussian intensity distribution: λf 2x 2 W0= I = I 2 e− W πW † A normalized Gaussian intensity distribution: I I0 1 0.5 0.135 x −2W −W W 2W 15

Diffraction theory review † The Gaussian beam spot pattern appears to be a circle of light. The edges of the circle are not sharp. The light intensity drops gradually fromI , the maximum at the center. † The radius of the spot is the distance at which the beam intensity has dropped to1 e 2 = 0.135times its peak value I . This radius is called the spot size. † Focusing a Gaussian light with a lens yields distribution of light in the focal plane that is also Gaussian shaped. There are no surrounding rings like those that appear when focusing a uniform beam. The spot size in the focal plane is: f W = λ0 2W πW 16

Losses due to lateral misalignment † The small displacements d 2a< 0.2 the equation: 17

Lateral misalignment loss example † Consider the single-mode fiber core diameter of 50μm Plot the coupling loss as a function of lateral misalignment at the wavelengths 1.3μm and 1.55μm , Do this for offset from 0to 5μm † Solution: The V parameters must be calculated at two wavelengths of interest. 2πa V= 2 2 n −n 1 2 λ W − 3 = 0.65+1.619V 2 +2.879V −6 a λ(μm) V W a W(μm) 1.3 2.31 1.13 4.47 1.55 1.94 1.3 5.16 18

Lateral misalignment loss plot example † Plot of the coupling loss as a function of lateral misalignment at the wavelengths 1.3μmand 1.55μm 19

Angular misalignment η=1 −πNA n θ n α θ sinα † The coupling efficiency due to small angular misalignment of multimode SI fibers is: n θ η=1 −πNA n † Where is the refracti ve index of th e material filling the grove formed by the two fibers and θ is the misalignment angle in radian. The loss is: n θ L=−10 log 1− ⎜ ⎟ 10 ⎝ π NA⎠ † The efficiency was found by computing the overlap of the transmitting and receiving cones, assuming uniform power distribution. θ † Whereθ is tilt angle andNA = n sinα α 20

Angular misalignment plot † Plot of the coupling efficiency due to small angular misalignment of multimode SI fibers per degree is: 21

Angular misalignment L=−10 log e † Angular misalignment losses for single-mode fiber: wθ⎞ 2 ⎛πn2 ⎟ L=−10 log e ⎝ λ ⎠ 10 † The coupling efficiency due to small angular misalignment of single SI fibers is: 22

example (2.4) w =1.1( 2.53) = 2.78μm (1.465) −(1.46) = 0.12 2πa † A SI fiber n =1.465,n =1.46 and normalized frequency 2.4 1 2 „ 1) Compute its numerical aperture and core radius at 0.8μm „ 2) The spot size at 0.8μm † Solution: „ 1) the numerical aperture 2 2 2 2 NA = n −n = (1.465) −(1.46) = 0.12 1 2 2πa λV 0.8(2.4) V= n 2 2 −n ⇒a= = =2.53μm λ 2π 1 2 n 2 2π(0.12) −n 2 1 2 „ 2) The spot size at 0.8μm 3 3 w − =0.65+1.619V a 2 +2.879V =0.65+1.619 −6 − −6 (2.4) 2 +2.879(2.4) =1.1 w =1.1( 2.53) = 2.78μm 23

End separation loss L = 2×0.177 dB = 0.35 L = −10log 0.96 = 0.177 dB † Losses due to gap between the fibers being joined has two components: „ 1) Two boundaries between the fiber medium and air: 2 ⎛ n n ⎞ 2 ⎛1−1.5⎞ 1 R= 2 = =0.04 ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝1+1.5⎠ ⎝ n+n ⎠ 1 2 † 4% of light reflected. 96% transmitted. Loss in dB. L = −10log 0.96 = 0.177 dB 10 † The total loss L = 2×0.177 dB = 0.35 † To improve the loss: fill the gap by the index-matching fluid. 24

End separation loss † Losses due to gap between the fibers being joined has two components: „ 2) some transmitted ray are not intercepted by receiving fiber: ⎛ xNA ⎞ L =−10 log 1− ⎜ ⎟ 10 4an ⎝ ⎠ † Where n is the refractive index of matching fluid. An index- matching fluid decreases fiber-separation loss by reducing beam divergence 25

End separation loss for multimode fiber † End separation for a multimode SI fiber: 26

Example ( ) L = 0.045 2×50μm = 4.5μm NA = 0.24 50μm † Estimate the allowed misalignment for a multimode SI fiber if each type of error is allowed to contribute 0.25 dB of loss. The core radius is 50μm and NA = 0.24 „ 1) lateral offset: L=0.25 from the figure d/2a=0.045. L = 0.045 ( 2×50μm ) = 4.5μm 27

Example NA = 0.24 L = 0.045(2×50μm)= 4.5μm 50μm † Estimate the allowed misalignment for a multimode SI fiber if each type of error is allowed to contribute 0.25 dB of loss. The core radius is 50μm and NA = 0.24 „ 2) angular misalignment: from the figure, the angle is 2.4 degrees. L = 0.045(2×50μm)= 4.5μm 28

Example (50μm ) x = 0.94a = 0.94 = 47μm NA = 0.24 50μm † Estimate the allowed misalignment for a multimode SI fiber if each type of error is allowed to contribute 0.25 dB of loss. The core radius is 50μm and NA = 0.24 „ 3) the end separation: from the figure, the x a = 0.94 x = 0.94a = 0.94 (50μm ) = 47μm 29

The gap loss for single mode fibers 4 2 +1) (4z L=−10 log 10 (4z 2 +2)+4z 2 xxλ † Where z= 2πn w 2 2 † From the next page figure the gap of 10 times of the core radius produces a loss than 0.4 dB. † Axial misalignment is potentially the most serious problem in multimode SI fiber. 30

Gap loss for single-mode fiber † The gap loss for single-mode fiber is: † End- separation loss for single mode SI fiber V=2.4, w/a=1.1,NA=0.12andλ = 0.8μm 31

Loss due to fiber core radius difference † The loss transmitting from a fiber of core radius a to one having 1 core radiusa 2 is: a 2 L=−10 log10⎜ 2 ⎟ a ⎝ ⎠ 1 † Applicable for both SI and GRIN fibers. If all the allowed modes are equally excited † If the receiving fiber core is larger than the transmitting one a >a 1 2 there is no loss. 2a 2a 2 1 32

Loss due to fiber core radius difference † The loss transmitting from a fiber with a higher numerical aperture to lower one is: 2 ⎛NA ⎞ L=−10 log10⎜ 2 ⎟ NA ⎝ ⎠ 1 † Applicable for both multimode SI and GRIN fibers. If all the allowed modes are equally excited † If the receiving fiber NA is larger than the transmitting one there is no loss. NA >NA 1 2 NA NA 2 1