Fabrication and characterization of optical microfiber structures

Author

Sulaiman, A. ; Harun, S.W. ; Desa, J.M. ; Lim, K.S. ; Zamzuri, A.K. ; Ahmad, H.

Author_Institution

R&D, TM Innovation Center, Adv. Commun. Networks, Telekom Malaysia, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

330

Lastpage

333

Abstract

A microfiber was fabricated using a flame brushing technique. It has a transmission loss of 0.061 dBm/mm and a diameter of 2 um and therefore suitable for use in assembling Microfiber Knot Resonator (MKR) and Microfiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MMZI). The assembled MKR with 3 mm diameter produces a comb spectrum with an extinction ratio of 7.4 dB, FSR of 0.33 nm, quality factor of 20,000 and finesse of 5. The transmission spectrum of the assembled MMZI structure has an extinction ratio of 11.5 dB and FSR of 0.52 nm. A hybrid structure is also assembled, which consists of a MKR with 2 mm diameter and MMZI with 3.5 m length. The spectral response of the hybrid structure has an extinction ratio of 5 dB and FSR of 0.24 nm. These structures have many possible applications especially in sensors.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; micro-optomechanical devices; microfabrication; optical fibre fabrication; optical resonators; optical waveguides; MMZI structure; fiber waveguides; flame brushing technique; microfiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; microfiber knot resonator; optical microfiber structure fabrication; quality factor; size 2 mm; size 3 mm; size 3.5 m; transmission loss; transmission spectrum; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; fiber taper; knot resonator; microfiber; nanowires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (APCC), 2011 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Sabah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0389-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.2011.6152828

Filename

6152828