Title :
Microstructured optical fibre Bragg grating modulator employing an infiltrated ferrofluid
Author :
Candiani, Alessandro ; Konstantaki, Maria ; Pissadakis, Stavros ; Sterner, Carola ; Margulis, Walter
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. Struct. & Laser, Found. for Res. & Technol. - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
A microstructured optical fibre Bragg grating modulator is implemented by infiltrating a short ferrofluid length into the fibre capillaries. Employing AC magnetic field amplitude modulations up to 5dB were archived.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; amplitude modulation; capillarity; holey fibres; magnetic fluids; optical modulation; AC magnetic field amplitude modulations; ferrofluid infiltration; fibre capillaries; microstructured optical fibre Bragg grating modulator; Fiber gratings; Frequency modulation; Gratings; Optical fibers; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
BioPhotonics, 2011 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Parma
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9836-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9835-2
DOI :
10.1109/IWBP.2011.5954838
