In-line fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer with high-reflectance internal mirrors

Author

Lee, Chung E. ; Gibler, William N. ; Atkins, Robert A. ; Taylor, Henry F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

10

Issue

10

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1376

Lastpage

1379

Abstract

A finesse of 21 has been measured for a fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) with multilayer TiO₂/SiO₂ internal mirrors. Experimental reflectance and transmittance data for the thermally tuned interferometer were fit with calculated curves using values of 86% for the reflectance and 7.2% (0.33 dB) for the excess optical loss of each mirror. Applications in sensing and communications are discussed

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical films; optical losses; silicon compounds; titanium compounds; TiO₂-SiO₂; communications; excess optical loss; finesse; high-reflectance internal mirrors; multilayer TiO₂/SiO₂ internal mirrors; reflectance; sensing; thermally tuned interferometer; transmittance; Fabry-Perot interferometers; Mirrors; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Phase shifting interferometry; Reflectivity; Splicing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.166779

Filename

166779