Title :
Femtosecond laser-written couplers in fused silica fiber: Towards fiber cladding optical circuits
Author :
Cheng, Kyle H. Y. ; Grenier, Jason R. ; Herman, Peter R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Various means for coupling light from fiber core waveguide is examined to enable integration with fiber cladding optical circuits written by oil-immersion with femtosecond lasers. Coreless optical fiber and in-fiber Mach Zehnder interferometers are introduced.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; silicon compounds; SiO2; coreless optical fiber; femtosecond laser-written couplers; fiber cladding optical circuit; fiber core waveguide; fused silica fiber; in-fiber Mach Zehnder interferometers; integration; light coupling; oil-immersion method; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
