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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9928-4140-9
DOI :
10.1109/OMN.2014.6924546
