• DocumentCode
    1794123
  • Title

    Electrical current-driven dual-core optical fiber with embedded metal electrodes

  • Author

    Zhenggang Lian ; Segura, Martha ; Podoliak, Nina ; Xian Feng ; White, Nicolas ; Horak, P. ; Loh, Wei H.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A dual suspended-core optical fiber with four embedded metal electrodes was fabricated by fiber drawing from a composite preform. Heating the fiber by running watt-level electrical power through the electrodes produced optical switching between cores.
  • Keywords
    drawing (mechanical); electrodes; metals; optical fibre fabrication; optical switches; composite preform; dual suspended-core optical fiber; electrical current-driven dual-core optical fiber; embedded metal electrodes; fiber drawing; fiber heating; optical switching; running watt-level electrical power; Electrodes; Metals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu3K.3
  • Filename
    6886976
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1794123