Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 1, 0106003(2021)

All-Optical Tunable Fiber Filter Based on Phosphate Glass Microspheres

Yufang Chen, Xiao Shen, Quan Zhou, Shuai Zhang, Jingyi Mao, and Hongdan Wan*
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  • College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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    Photo of the fabricated phosphate glass fiber
    Preparation of PGMS. (a) Collimating and focusing system of CO2 laser; (b) fabrication process
    Microscope images. (a) Couple of PGMS-taperrd fiber; (b) taperd fiber
    Experimental setup of the proposed all-optical TFF based on PGMS
    Measured WGM resonance spectrum of the coupled PGMS-tapered fiber
    Experimental results of the WGM resonance spectra of microcavity varing with power (μW) for PGMS. (a) WGM resonance spectra measured under different power; (b) relationship between wavelength shift and optical power
    Experimentel results of the WGM resonance spectra of microcavity varing with power (mW). (a)(b) PGMS; (c)(d) silica microsphere
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of different optical fiber TFFs

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of different optical fiber TFFs

      Type of TFFQTuning methodSensitivity or range of tuning
      Sagnac filter with photonic crystal fiber[9]Non-all-optical and mechanical12nm
      In-line Mach-Zehnder[10]Non-all-optical and temperature control11.50nm
      In-line Fabry-Pérot[11]Non-all-optical and mechanical167.41pm/mN
      Microtube resonator[13]3.10×104Non-all-optical and electrical thermal570pm
      Microring resonator[21]All-optical43pm/mW
      Ours7.28×105All-optical72.727pm/mW
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    Yufang Chen, Xiao Shen, Quan Zhou, Shuai Zhang, Jingyi Mao, Hongdan Wan. All-Optical Tunable Fiber Filter Based on Phosphate Glass Microspheres[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(1): 0106003

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    Paper Information

    Category: fiber optics and optical communications

    Received: Jul. 6, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 18, 2020

    Published Online: Jan. 13, 2021

    The Author Email: Wan Hongdan (hdwan@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.0106003

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