Title :
Modal characteristics of excited cladding modes in abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Kuo, Wei-Chih ; Feng, Zhi-Zheng ; Chen, Nan-Kuang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
Abstract :
We investigate the modal characteristics of cladding modes in abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometers by etching the phase shifter and abrupt tapers to reduce cladding diameter and to lead to wavelength-shift and variations of extinction ratio, respectively.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; etching; optical fibre cladding; phase shifters; abrupt tapers; abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometers; etching; excited cladding modes; phase shifter; wavelength-shift;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
