Electrostatic control of dual-core optical fibre with NEMS functionality
Electrostatic control of dual-core optical fibre with NEMS functionality
A nanomechanical optical fibre with a mechanically adjustable dual-core structure has been demonstrated recently. The realisation of equivalent systems with an electric actuation would allow for low-loss all-fibre reconfigurable optical networks. Here we investigate the feasibility of nanoelectromechanical actuation of the dual-core fibre. Such optical systems with mechanically adjustable or controllable components are well known in the form of silicon micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) and are widely used in various optoelectronic devices, for example 2-D optical switches and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers.
Podoliak, Nina
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Lian, Z.
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Horak, P.
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Loh, W.H.
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Podoliak, Nina
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Lian, Z.
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Horak, P.
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Loh, W.H.
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Podoliak, Nina, Lian, Z., Horak, P. and Loh, W.H.
(2013)
Electrostatic control of dual-core optical fibre with NEMS functionality.
CLEO-Europe/IQEC 2013, , Munich, Germany.
12 - 16 May 2013.
1 pp
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Abstract
A nanomechanical optical fibre with a mechanically adjustable dual-core structure has been demonstrated recently. The realisation of equivalent systems with an electric actuation would allow for low-loss all-fibre reconfigurable optical networks. Here we investigate the feasibility of nanoelectromechanical actuation of the dual-core fibre. Such optical systems with mechanically adjustable or controllable components are well known in the form of silicon micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) and are widely used in various optoelectronic devices, for example 2-D optical switches and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 2013
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CLEO-Europe/IQEC 2013, , Munich, Germany, 2013-05-12 - 2013-05-16
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Optoelectronics Research Centre, Quantum, Light & Matter Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/365168
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Nina Podoliak
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Z. Lian
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W.H. Loh
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