Spectral tuning of a microfiber coupler with a liquid crystal overlay

Yuliya Semenova; Lin Bo; Sunish Mathews; Pengfei Wang; Qiang Wu; Gerald Farrell

doi:10.1117/12.975208

7 November 2012 Spectral tuning of a microfiber coupler with a liquid crystal overlay

Yuliya Semenova, Lin Bo, Sunish Mathews, Pengfei Wang, Qiang Wu, Gerald Farrell

Proceedings Volume 8421, OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 842184 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.975208
Event: OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensor, 2012, Beijing, China

Abstract

This paper demonstrates temperature-induced tuning of the optical spectrum of a microfiber coupler covered with a low-refractive index liquid crystal (LC) layer. The microfiber coupler with a minimum waist diameter of ~6 μm is fabricated by fusing together and tapering of two standard telecom fibers using a microheater brushing technique and by placing a thin heated LC layer over the uniform taper waist region. Repeatable and reversible tuning of the optical spectrum (~4 nm) of the microfiber coupler is demonstrated for the temperature range of 50-78 °C.

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Yuliya Semenova, Lin Bo, Sunish Mathews, Pengfei Wang, Qiang Wu, and Gerald Farrell "Spectral tuning of a microfiber coupler with a liquid crystal overlay", Proc. SPIE 8421, OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 842184 (7 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.975208

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