All-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer and method of making the same
US6836599B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2835
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer has a central fiber structure in which two single-mode fibers are placed to have a desired path difference and are stabilized in such position by bonding them in certain spots. A coupler is then made on each side of the central fiber structure to produce the Mach-Zehnder effect. The combination of the central fiber structure and of the couplers at each end is mounted on a substrate and packaged to produce the interferometer.
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