Title :
All-fiber acousto-optic variable optical attenuator with large (>40 dB) dynamic range on recoated single mode fiber
Author :
Lin, C.H. ; Lin, H.K. ; Ahooie, M. ; Li, Q. ; Lee, H.P. ; Wu, Enboa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
By recoating a thin layer of soldering oil on a cladding-etched single mode fiber to absorb the cladding mode light, we demonstrated a 5-cm long all-fiber acousto-optic VOA with ultra-large dynamic range (> 40 dB).
Keywords :
acousto-optical devices; etching; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; 5 cm; acoustooptic VOA; all-fiber VOA; cladding mode light; cladding-etched fiber; large dynamic range; recoated fiber; single mode fiber; soldering oil; variable optical attenuator;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
