Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 3, 0306004(2019)

Bandwidth Tunable Microfiber-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Tapered-Drawing Fiber Bragg Grating

Jian Geng1, Xiaojun Zhu1,2,3、*, Guoan Zhang1、*, Chen Xu1,2, Yancheng Ji1, Li Jin1, and Juan Cao1,2
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  • 1 School of Electronics and Information, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, China
  • 2 Nantong Research Institute for Advanced Communication Technologies, Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, China
  • 3 Key Lab of Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China
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    A bandwidth tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on tapered-drawing fiber Bragg grating is presented. The two sides of this microfiber-assisted MZI are the tapered micro chirped long period fiber gratings (CLPG) , which are symmetrical about the central waist. The period and refraction index of the grating after fused tapering are modelled and simulated. The refractive index test results show that the relationship between the refractive index of NaCl solution and the reciprocal of passband width is linear. The transmission bandwidth can be tuned by changing the solution concentration. The adjustable accuracy is 0.64318 nm -1·RIU -1 obtained after the detection of the transmission bandwidth at 1550 nm.

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    Jian Geng, Xiaojun Zhu, Guoan Zhang, Chen Xu, Yancheng Ji, Li Jin, Juan Cao. Bandwidth Tunable Microfiber-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Tapered-Drawing Fiber Bragg Grating[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(3): 0306004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Sep. 17, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 8, 2018

    Published Online: May. 10, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0306004

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