Fluid-filled microstructured optical fibers and switching applications

Yiping Wang; Wei Jin; Long Jin; Xiaoling Tan; Hartmut Bartelt; Wolfgang Ecke; Klaus Moerl; Hartmut Lehmann; Jens Kobelke; Kerstin Schroeder; Reinhardt Willsch; Manfred Rothhardt; Liye Shan; Sven Brueckner; David J. Richardson

doi:10.1117/12.835040

Fluid-filled microstructured optical fibers and switching applications

Yiping Wang, Wei Jin, Long Jin, Xiaoling Tan, Hartmut Bartelt, Wolfgang Ecke, Klaus Moerl, Hartmut Lehmann, Jens Kobelke, Kerstin Schroeder, Reinhardt Willsch, Manfred Rothhardt, Liye Shan, Sven Brueckner, David J. Richardson

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

We filled a refractive index matching liquid into the air holes of a Ge-doped solid-core microstructured optical fiber (MOF) with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) to investigate its switching functions. A type of thermo-optic in-fiber switch based on the tunable bandgap effect was demonstrated in the fluid-filled FBG at the Bragg wavelength of 830nm, and its extinction ratio depends strongly on the reflectivity of the FBG. Another type of optical switch with an extinction ratio of 30 dB was developed in the fluid-filled MOF at a long wavelength of 1200 or 1400nm, attributing to the absorption of the filled liquid. Such two types of switches can turn on/off the light transmission via a small temperature adjustment of ±5 or ±10Â ° C, respectively, and will find useful applications in all-fiber optical communication systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
Volume	7503
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835040
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2009
Event	20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Oct 2009 → 9 Oct 2009

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
Country	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	5/10/09 → 9/10/09

Keywords

Filling fluids
Microstructured optical fibers
Optical switches
Photonic bandgap fibers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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Wang, Y., Jin, W., Jin, L., Tan, X., Bartelt, H., Ecke, W., Moerl, K., Lehmann, H., Kobelke, J., Schroeder, K., Willsch, R., Rothhardt, M., Shan, L., Brueckner, S., & Richardson, D. J. (2009). Fluid-filled microstructured optical fibers and switching applications. In 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (Vol. 7503). [75035W] https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835040

Wang, Yiping ; Jin, Wei ; Jin, Long ; Tan, Xiaoling ; Bartelt, Hartmut ; Ecke, Wolfgang ; Moerl, Klaus ; Lehmann, Hartmut ; Kobelke, Jens ; Schroeder, Kerstin ; Willsch, Reinhardt ; Rothhardt, Manfred ; Shan, Liye ; Brueckner, Sven ; Richardson, David J. / Fluid-filled microstructured optical fibers and switching applications. 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors. Vol. 7503 2009.

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Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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