• DocumentCode
    938183
  • Title

    F2-laser micromachining of fibre-tipped Mach-Zehnder interferometer

  • Author

    Li, J. ; Herman, P.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    572
  • Lastpage
    573
  • Abstract
    A compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with high 27 dB modulation ratio was fabricated on the end facet of a singlemode optical fibre by F2-laser micromachining. The deep ultraviolet (157 nm) laser excised a shallow phase-shift channel across one-half of the fibre core to generate sinusoidal interference spectra controllable by the laser-etch depth.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; laser beam etching; micromachining; optical fibre fabrication; 157 nm; F2; F2-laser micromachining; deep ultraviolet laser; end facet; fibre core; fibre-tipped Mach-Zehnder interferometer; laser-etch depth; shallow phase-shift channel; singlemode optical fibre; sinusoidal interference spectra;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20060425
  • Filename
    1633563
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=938183