| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N35199/01 |
| Title: |
Trumpet Fibres |
| Principal Investigator: |
Milne, Professor WI |
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Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 2001 |
Ends: |
31 August 2004 |
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255,336
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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This proposal addresses the design and demonstration of a novel method for improving the alignment tolerances of free-space (or bulk-optic) devices with single-mode fibre input(s) and output(s). For all such devices, such an improvement would result in significant reductions in assembly costs, which often dominate the overall cost of a device. While there is much EPSRC-funded research in individual devices, there has been very little on improving the device-fibre interface. This is an important subject which must be addressed if low-cost optical systems are to become viable. In particular, the proposal is concerned with improving the performance of 1-D and 2-D fibre arrays, in order to increase the scalability of free-space optical switches using either spatial light modulators (SLMs) or MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). The intention is to use a specially designed optical fibre, made by standard fabrication techniques such as MCVD, that can be joined as normal to standard telecommunications fibre at one end, while the other end is adapted to optimise the performance of the device-fibre interface
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http://www.cam.ac.uk |