Light coupling and routing using a microsphere attached on the endface of a microstructured optical fiberShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: Proceedings of SPIE: Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV, 2016, Vol. 9886, article id 98860IConference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Herein, we demonstrated a T-shaped whispering gallery modes (WGMs) excitation system including a tapered single mode fiber (SMF), a tapered microstructured optical fiber (MOF) and a BaTiO3 microsphere for efficient light coupling and routing between the two fibers. The BaTiO3 microsphere is semi-immersed into the capillary of a tapered MOF, while the tapered SMF is placed perpendicularly to MOF in a contact with equatorial region of the microsphere. Based on that, three channels joined by the microsphere are formed, and excitation and measurement of WGMs is possible either using the SMF or the MOF taper. The measured WGMs spectra reveal light routing along Q-factors between 4500 and 6100, along with scattering signal with all three fiber ports and parities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. Vol. 9886, article id 98860I
Keywords [en]
microsphere resonators, microstructured optical fibers, tapered optical fibers, whispering gallery modes, Barium compounds, Fibers, Java programming language, Microspheres, Microstructure, Optical fibers, Optical resonators, Q factor measurement, Single mode fibers, Equatorial regions, Excitation system, Light couplings, Micro-structured optical fibers, Scattering signals, Tapered single-mode fibers, Optical fiber coupling
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-32605DOI: 10.1117/12.2230695Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84989352439ISBN: 9781510601314 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-32605DiVA, id: diva2:1155620
Conference
SPIE Photonics Europe 2016, April 4-6, 2016, Brussels, Belgium
Note
Conference code: 123910
2017-11-082017-11-082020-12-01Bibliographically approved