Air-silica microstructure fiber based variable optical attenuator device

Author

Kerbage, C. ; Ging, J. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Hale, A. ; Yablon, A. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Eggleton, B.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. Opt. Fiber Solutions, Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

468

Lastpage

469

Abstract

We demonstrated an all-fiber variable attenuator using a tapered ASME Efficient modal field interaction between the propagating mode and tunable materials infused into the air-holes of the fiber results in a dynamic range of 30 dB, insertion loss 0.8 dB, and polarisation dispersion loss (PDL) of 0.5 dB. Further analysis of the device design, including optimization of polymer index, device length and taper diameter should result in reduced insertion loss and increased dynamic range.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optimisation; photonic band gap; 0.5 dB; 0.8 dB; air-holes; all-fiber variable attenuator; device design; device length; dynamic range; fibre polarisation dispersion loss; increased dynamic range; insertion loss; modal field interaction; optimization; polymer index; propagating mode; reduced insertion loss; taper diameter; tapered ASME; tunable materials; Dynamic range; Insertion loss; Microstructure; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Propagation losses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036490

Filename

1036490