Nonlinear fiber Fabry-Perot resonator using thermo-optic effect

Author

Ogusu, Kazuhiko ; Yamamoto, Shuji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1993

fDate

11/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1774

Lastpage

1781

Abstract

A new nonlinear fiber-based Fabry-Perot resonator (FFPR) is proposed for bistable optical devices in fiber optics, The device is constructed by embedding a metal-dielectric Fabry-Perot resonator containing a thermo-optic material into a single-mode fiber. The transmission and attenuation characteristics of the linear FFPR have been analyzed under Gaussian-beam approximation by the method of plane-wave expansion. The effects of the mirror separation, the thickness of the metal mirror, the coating number of the multilayer mirror, and the spacer index have been investigated numerically. Moreover optical bistability in the nonlinear FFPR has been investigated by the graphical solution. It has been found that the input-output characteristics of the proposed FFPR are strongly affected by the angular divergence of the beam in the spacer. Optical bistability has been demonstrated experimentally at the milliwatt-power levels by using a 1.3-μm diode laser and single-mode fibers

Keywords

mirrors; optical bistability; optical fibres; optical resonators; thermo-optical effects; 1.3 micron; Gaussian-beam approximation; angular divergence; attenuation characteristics; bistable optical devices; coating number; diode laser; graphical solution; input-output characteristics; linear FFPR; metal mirror thickness; metal-dielectric Fabry-Perot resonator; milliwatt-power levels; mirror separation; multilayer mirror; nonlinear fiber-based Fabry-Perot resonator; optical bistability; plane-wave expansion; single-mode fiber; spacer index; thermo-optic effect; thermo-optic material; transmission characteristics; Fabry-Perot; Inorganic materials; Mirrors; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Thermooptic effects; Thermooptical devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.251174

Filename

251174