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- Optical switch based on a fluid-filled photonic crystal fiber Bragg grating
Optical switch based on a fluid-filled photonic crystal fiber Bragg grating
in: Optics Letters (2009)
We report the implementation of an in-fiber optical switch by means of filling a fluid into the air holes of a photonic crystal fiber with a fiber Bragg grating. Such a switch can turn on/off light transmission with an extinction ratio of up to 33 dB within a narrow wavelength range (Bragg wavelength) via a small temperature adjustment of ±5°C. The switching function is based on the temperature-dependent coupling between the fundamental core mode and the rod modes in the fluid-filled holes resulting from the thermo-optic effect of the filled fluid.
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.003683