Title :
Microring resonators on side-polished optical fiber
Author :
Sherwood, Travis ; Young, A. Cody ; Takayesu, Jocelyn ; Jen, Alex K-Y. ; Dalton, Larry R. ; Chen, Antao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
A novel fiber optical device based on microring resonators fabricated on side-polished fiber is proposed. The compact size and light weight device structure can be useful for various fiber-optic sensors, fixed and tunable wavelength filters, and intensity modulators. Since the device is directly fabricated on the optical fiber, many issues associated with fiber-to-chip coupling and attachment can be avoided. A preliminary experiment using polymer microring resonators made by two-photon polymerization has proved this new device concept.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; optical resonators; polishing; polymerisation; two-photon processes; fiber optical device; fiber-optic sensors; fiber-to-chip coupling; intensity modulators; microring resonator fabrication; microring resonators; optical fiber; polymer microring resonators; side-polished fiber; tunable wavelength filters; two-photon polymerization; Intensity modulation; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Polymers; Resonator filters; Microresonators; microsensors; optical fiber devices; optical fiber filters; optical fiber transducers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.854405
