Integrated fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer for electro-optic switching

Abstract

Molten alloys under high pressure were used to obtain fibers with long internal electrodes that are solid at room temperature. An integrated Mach–Zehnder interferometer was constructed from a twin-core twin-hole fiber that permitted application of an electric field preferentially to one of the cores. Good stability and a switching voltage of 1.4 kV were measured with a 1-m-long fiber device with a quadratic voltage dependence.

© 2002 Optical Society of America

Time evolution of frozen-in field during poling of fiber with alloy electrodes

Niklas Myrén and Walter Margulis
Opt. Express 13(9) 3438-3444 (2005)

Wide wedge-shaped depletion region in thermally poled fiber with alloy electrodes

Niklas Myrén, Håkan Olsson, Lars Norin, Niclas Sjödin, Per Helander, Jan Svennebrink, and Walter Margulis
Opt. Express 12(25) 6093-6099 (2004)

All fiber polarimetric modulation using an electro-optic fiber with internal Pb-Sn electrodes

Bok Hyeon Kim, Songbae Moon, Un-Chul Paek, and Won-Taek Han
Opt. Express 14(23) 11234-11241 (2006)

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of molten aluminum alloy

Awadhesh K. Rai, Fang-Yu Yueh, and Jagdish P. Singh
Appl. Opt. 42(12) 2078-2084 (2003)

Incorporating conductive materials into a photonic crystal fiber: toward optoelectronic applications

Haifeng Li, Ding Ma, Chuan Yang, Yong Xu, and Zhiwen Liu
Opt. Express 20(22) 24342-24347 (2012)