Title :
Miniature abrupt-tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer using high numerical aperture fiber
Author :
Yang, Tsung-Hsun ; Feng, Zhi-Zheng ; Chen, Nan-Kuang ; Xu, Rongrong ; Liaw, Shien-Kuei ; Zhang, Junjie ; Yi-Ning Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate miniature Mach-Zehnder-interferometer with a device length of less than 450 μm using abrupt tapers in a cladding-depressed strongly-guiding fiber. The extinction ratio based on core-cladding mode interferences is above 25.3 dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; abrupt tapers; cladding-depressed strongly-guiding fiber; core-cladding mode interference; extinction ratio; miniature abrupt-tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; numerical aperture fiber; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
