Title :
High-Speed Switching in Fibres with Electrodes
Author :
Nilsson, L.-E. ; Yu, Z. ; Tarasenko, O. ; Knape, H. ; Fonjallaz, P.-Y. ; Margulis, W.
Author_Institution :
Acreo, Stockholm
Abstract :
Fibres with holes are provided with metal electrodes that fill the entire cross-section of the holes. Refractive index change and birefringence result from applying high current pulses for time intervals in the nanosecond range. High-speed polarization rotation and fibre Bragg grating wavelength tuning can be accomplished. Such electrically driven components are totally spliced with low insertion loss. They have no moving parts, are < 10 cm long and can be used in fibre laser cavities for Q-switching.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibres; optical tuning; refractive index; birefringence; electrically driven components; fibre Bragg grating wavelength tuning; fibre laser cavities; fibres with electrodes; fibres with holes; high-speed polarization rotation; high-speed switching; refractive index change; Birefringence; Electrodes; Fiber lasers; Insertion loss; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Temperature; Fibre component; electrical control; fibre lasers; high-speed switching; internal electrodes; microstructured fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296076
