Thermo-optic switching effect based on fluid-filled photonic crystal fiber

  • Yiping Wang
  • , Hartmut Bartelt
  • , Wolfgang Ecke
  • , Klaus Moerl
  • , Hartmut Lehmann
  • , Kerstin Schroeder
  • , Reinhardt Willsch
  • , Jens Kobelke
  • , Manfred Rothhardt
  • , Ron Spittel
  • , Liye Shan
  • , Sven Brueckner
  • , Wei Jin
  • , Xiaoling Tan
  • , Long Jin

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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 languageEnglish
Article number5342524
Pages (from-to)164-166
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume22
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 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

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