Tunable CWDM by utilizing ordered structures in magnetic fluid films

Author

Yang, S.Y. ; Horng, H.E. ; Huang, Y.W. ; Hong, Chin-Yih ; Yang, H.C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

15-19 Dec. 2003

Abstract

With the demand of the development in high-speed telecommunication, the WDM technologies become important and attract lots of interests of scientists and engineers. In this report, we explore a new method to fabricate coarse WDM (CWDM) by utilizing the ordered structure in the magnetic fluid films under external magnetic fields. It was found that the first-order interference lights of two incident visible lights with a difference of 20 nm in wavelength can be absolutely separated. This separation was further observed to increase as the incident angle of the light incident into the magnetic fluid film was raised, whereas the transmittance became lower. Due to the tunability of the ordered structure in the magnetic fluid film by adjusting the external field strength, the magnetic-fluid-based CWDM is tunable and the 4-channel tunable CWDM is demonstrated in this work.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; light interference; magnetic fields; optical tuning; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 nm; WDM technology; external magnetic field; fabricate coarse WDM; first-order interference light; high-speed telecommunication; incident angle; light incident; magnetic fluid film; tunable CWDM; utilizing ordered structure; Automation; Fluid dynamics; Interference; Magnetic fields; Magnetic films; Magnetic liquids; Magnetic separation; Physics; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7766-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274748

Filename

1274748