Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 4, 040605(2018)
Investigation on an all-optical intensity modulator based on an optical microfiber coupler
Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the composite OMC and the all-optical modulation theory of the OMC.
Fig. 2. (a) Transmission intensity of the microfiber coupler Port3 during the fabrication process. (b) Input and output optical spectra of the OMC.
Fig. 3. Image of the OMC in an optical microscope.
Fig. 4. Schematic of the measurement system.
Fig. 5. Oscilloscope display of the output of the system (top waveform) and the modulation signal (bottom waveform): (a) 1 kHz; (b) 20 kHz.
Fig. 6. Measured (dots) and fitted linear responses of the OMC modulator at 1 and 5 kHz frequencies.
Fig. 7. Measured frequency response of the all-optical OMC modulator.
Fig. 8. Oscilloscope display of the output of the system (CH2) and the modulation signal (CH1) for square-wave modulation.
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Yang Yu, Qiang Bian, Nan Zhang, Yang Lu, Xueliang Zhang, Junbo Yang. Investigation on an all-optical intensity modulator based on an optical microfiber coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(4): 040605
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Dec. 9, 2017
Accepted: Feb. 9, 2018
Published Online: Jul. 12, 2018
The Author Email: Xueliang Zhang (xueliang.john@hotmail.com)