Title :
Tunable microfluidic optical fiber
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Pumped microfluidics provides a powerful new way to dynamically tune the transmission characteristics of optical fibers. We describe the fabrication and performance of several classes of devices based on fiber gratings and microfluidics.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; microfluidics; optical fibre fabrication; optical tuning; fiber gratings; microfluidic optical fiber; optical fiber fabrication; pumped microfluidics; transmission characteristics; tunable optical fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
