Abstract
We report a thermo-optic switching effect with a high extinction ratio of 30 dB by means of filling a fluid into air holes of a solid-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF). Such an effect can perform a turn onoff operation of the transmitted light via a small temperature adjustment of 10 °C. The switching function attributes to the absorption of the filled fluid in combination with the interaction between the core mode and the excited fluid rod modes, resulting from the thermo-optic effect of the filled fluid.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5342524 |
| Pages (from-to) | 164-166 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2010 |
Keywords
- Optical switches
- Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials