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Abstract: We present a method for the fabrication of a highly efficient core-mode blocker based on a laser micromachining technique. The process for the fabrication is as follows. A micron-sized crater is made by irradiation of an ultra-short pulse laser on the end face of a single-mode fiber, and then a defect that acts as a core-mode blocker is formed by splicing the cratered fiber with a normal fiber. The attenuation of the core mode was adjustable up to 25dB according to the initial crater size and the splicing condition. An all-fiber acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter built with the core-mode blocker is also demonstrated, which exhibits a low insertion loss of 1.8dB with non-resonance light suppression greater than 23dB.

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2007 (1)

2003 (1)

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

1998 (3)

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

I. K. Hwang, S. H. Yun, and B. Y. Kim, “All-fiber tunable comb filter with nonreciprocal transmission,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(10), 1437–1439 (1998).
[Crossref]

D. S. Starodubov, V. Grubsky, and J. Feinberg, “All-fiber Bandpass Filter with Adjustable Transmission Using Cladding-Mode Coupling,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(11), 1590–1592 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (1)

1996 (1)

Ashkenasi, D.

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

Campbell, E. E. B.

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

Cheng, Z.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Chung, Y.

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

Feinberg, J.

D. S. Starodubov, V. Grubsky, and J. Feinberg, “All-fiber Bandpass Filter with Adjustable Transmission Using Cladding-Mode Coupling,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(11), 1590–1592 (1998).
[Crossref]

Grubsky, V.

D. S. Starodubov, V. Grubsky, and J. Feinberg, “All-fiber Bandpass Filter with Adjustable Transmission Using Cladding-Mode Coupling,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(11), 1590–1592 (1998).
[Crossref]

Han, Y. G.

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

Hwang, I. K.

Kautek, W.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Kim, B. Y.

Kim, H. S.

Kim, S. H.

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

Krausz, F.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Krüger, J.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Lee, K. J.

Lee, S. B.

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

Lenzner, M.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Mourou, G.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Paek, U. C.

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

Rosenfeld, A.

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

Sartania, S.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Spielmann, Ch.

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Starodubov, D. S.

D. S. Starodubov, V. Grubsky, and J. Feinberg, “All-fiber Bandpass Filter with Adjustable Transmission Using Cladding-Mode Coupling,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(11), 1590–1592 (1998).
[Crossref]

Stoian, R.

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

Yeom, D. I.

Yun, S. H.

Electron. Lett. (1)

Y. G. Han, S. H. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. C. Paek, and Y. Chung, “Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres,” Electron. Lett. 39(15), 1107–1108 (2003).
[Crossref]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (2)

I. K. Hwang, S. H. Yun, and B. Y. Kim, “All-fiber tunable comb filter with nonreciprocal transmission,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(10), 1437–1439 (1998).
[Crossref]

D. S. Starodubov, V. Grubsky, and J. Feinberg, “All-fiber Bandpass Filter with Adjustable Transmission Using Cladding-Mode Coupling,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(11), 1590–1592 (1998).
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (1)

Opt. Lett. (2)

Phys. Rev. B (1)

R. Stoian, D. Ashkenasi, A. Rosenfeld, and E. E. B. Campbell, “Coulomb explosion in ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of Al2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 62(19), 13167–13173 (2000).
[Crossref]

Phys. Rev. Lett. (1)

M. Lenzner, J. Krüger, S. Sartania, Z. Cheng, Ch. Spielmann, G. Mourou, W. Kautek, and F. Krausz, “Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(18), 4076–4079 (1998).
[Crossref]

Other (1)

M. S. Lee, I. K. Hwang, and B. Y. Kim, “Acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter,” inProc. OECC/IOOC 2001, pp. 324–325 (2001).

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Figures (7)

Fig. 1
Fig. 1 (a) Experimental setup for the fabrication of the crater in the core of the fiber (b) Cleaved end face of the fiber with the crater and (c) enlarged view of the crater

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Fig. 2
Fig. 2 Splicer panel views (a) before and (b) after the fibers are spliced. The splice was carried out by using an arc fusion splicer (FSM-30S, Fujikura) (c) Cross-section view of the bubble and (d) enlarged view of it.

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Fig. 3 Transmission spectra of the two different sized core-mode blockers

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Fig. 4
Fig. 4 Calculation of transmission loss by the defect as a function of the defect diameter for the core LP01 and the cladding LP11 modes at 1.55 μm. Experimental results are also plotted (Solid square for the core mode and solid circle for the cladding mode)

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Fig. 5 Core-mode loss spectrum of the core-mode blocker for an unpolarized light source

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Fig. 6 (a) Transmission spectrum of the AOTBF (b) Resonance wavelength as a function of the applied acoustic frequency

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Fig. 7
Fig. 7 Comparison of the transmission spectra of the AOTFs with the air bubble and without the air bubble (Interaction length: 32 cm, Applied acoustic frequency: 1.98 MHz)

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