Title :
An optical microfiber Sagnac interferometer with adjustable transmission
Author :
Sun Do Lim ; Park, Kyoung Jun ; Kim, Byoung Yoon ; Lee, Kwanil ; Lee, Sang Bae
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Lab., Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KIST), Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A Sagnac interferometer based on an optical microfiber is demonstrated. It shows good adjustability of transmission, which enables it to be used as linear edge filter, optical variable attenuator, or gain flattening filter.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; fibre optic sensors; micro-optics; optical attenuators; optical fibre filters; Sagnac interferometer; gain flattening filter; linear edge filter; optical microfiber; optical variable attenuator; Nonlinear filters; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Sagnac interferometers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
