Title :
Electrostatic control of dual-core optical fibre with NEMS functionality
Author :
Podoliak, Nina ; Lian, Zhongxu ; Horak, P. ; Loh, Wei H.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A nanomechanical optical fibre with a mechanically adjustable dual-core structure has been demonstrated recently. The realisation of equivalent systems with an electric actuation would allow for low-loss all-fibre reconfigurable optical networks. Here, the feasibility of nanoelectromechanical actuation of the dual-core fibre is investigated. Such optical systems with mechanically adjustable or controllable components are well known in the form of silicon micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) and are widely used in various optoelectronic devices, for example 2-D optical switches and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers.
Keywords :
electromechanical actuators; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; nanoelectromechanical devices; nanophotonics; optical control; optical fibre losses; optical fibres; silicon; 2-D optical switches; MEMS; NEMS functionality; dual-core optical fibre; electrostatic control; low-loss all-fibre reconfigurable optical networks; mechanically adjustable components; mechanically controllable components; nanoelectromechanical actuation; nanoelectromechanical systems; nanomechanical optical fibre; optoelectronic devices; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers; silicon microelectromechanical systems; Electrodes; Geometry; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801265
