Title :
Optical transmission characteristics of fiber ring resonators
Author :
Heebner, John E. ; Wong, Vincent ; Schweinsberg, Aaron ; Boyd, Robert W. ; Jackson, Deborah J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present the results of an experimental investigation of the transfer characteristics of a fiber ring resonator for various values of the resonator finesse. In particular, we measure the spectral dependence of the intensity transmission and the induced phase shift in the undercoupled, critically coupled, and overcoupled regimes. We also demonstrate tunable optical (true time) group delay via a fiber ring resonator and show that a high finesse is unnecessary. Our laboratory results are in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical delay lines; optical fibres; optical resonators; critically coupled regime; fiber ring resonators; induced phase shift; optical transmission characteristics; overcoupled regime; resonator finesse; transfer characteristics; tunable optical group delay; undercoupled regime; Biomedical optical imaging; Couplings; Delay; Laboratories; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Delay effects; interferometry; optical fiber coupling; optical fiber delay lines; resonators;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2004.828232
