DocumentCode
121297
Title
Theoretical and experimental analysis of side-polished fiber optofluidic variable attenuator
Author
Dudus, Anna ; Blue, Robert ; Zagnoni, Michele ; Stewart, George ; Uttamchadani, Deepak
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
17-21 Aug. 2014
Firstpage
67
Lastpage
68
Abstract
We report a broadband variable optical attenuator employing a side-polished single-mode optical fiber placed on an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) platform. Both theoretical and experimental analysis have been carried out on this system. Experimentally, a maximum attenuation of 25 dB was obtained in the wavelength range between 1520 nm and 1560 nm. This compares to a predicted maximum theoretical attenuation of 28 dB.
Keywords
optical attenuators; optical fibre communication; wetting; EWOD platform; broadband variable optical attenuator; electrowetting-on-dielectric platform; side-polished fiber optofluidic variable attenuator; side-polished single-mode optical fiber; wavelength 1520 nm to 1560 nm; Decision support systems; Micromechanical devices; Nanophotonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Glasgow
ISSN
2160-5033
Print_ISBN
978-0-9928-4140-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OMN.2014.6924546
Filename
6924546
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