title: Automatic determination of the remaining cladding thickness of a single-mode fiber half-coupler.
abstract: A method for the exact determination of the remaining cladding thickness (h) of a polished single-mode fiber, from the measurement of the throughput attenuation, is shown. Experimental loss variations with h are verified with the theoretical expression of the loss coefficient, which depends on the fiber parameters, source wavelength, and refractive index of the liquid placed over the polished fiber.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mandal