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Packaged optical add-drop filter based on an optical microfiber coupler and a microsphere

Packaged optical add-drop filter based on an optical microfiber coupler and a microsphere
Packaged optical add-drop filter based on an optical microfiber coupler and a microsphere
In this letter, a packaged add-drop filter composed of a silica microsphere resonator with a diameter of 80µm and an optical microfiber coupler with a waist diameter of 1µm is investigated. A one-step fabrication process using UV curable epoxy is shown to stabilize the coupling between the microsphere and the microfiber coupler, which is used for the add and drop ports. The packaged microsphere-microfiber coupler device has a high Q-factor of 1 × 107 in the add–drop filter configuration. This device has excellent features, such as improved ease of fabrication, multiple resonant peaks, and high mechanical stability.
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Yang, Yong
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Farrell, Gerald
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Wang, Pengfei, Madugani, Ramgopal, Zhao, Haoyu, Yang, Wenlei, Ward, Jonathan M., Yang, Yong, Farrell, Gerald, Brambilla, Gilberto and Nic Chormaic, Sile (2016) Packaged optical add-drop filter based on an optical microfiber coupler and a microsphere. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28 (20), 2277-2280. (doi:10.1109/LPT.2016.2591959).

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In this letter, a packaged add-drop filter composed of a silica microsphere resonator with a diameter of 80µm and an optical microfiber coupler with a waist diameter of 1µm is investigated. A one-step fabrication process using UV curable epoxy is shown to stabilize the coupling between the microsphere and the microfiber coupler, which is used for the add and drop ports. The packaged microsphere-microfiber coupler device has a high Q-factor of 1 × 107 in the add–drop filter configuration. This device has excellent features, such as improved ease of fabrication, multiple resonant peaks, and high mechanical stability.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 July 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 July 2016
Published date: 15 October 2016
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 402186
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402186
ISSN: 1041-1135
PURE UUID: 898a487f-aa09-4a76-9f77-4369551db569
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 03 Nov 2016 13:51
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:10

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Author: Pengfei Wang
Author: Ramgopal Madugani
Author: Haoyu Zhao
Author: Wenlei Yang
Author: Jonathan M. Ward
Author: Yong Yang
Author: Gerald Farrell
Author: Gilberto Brambilla ORCID iD
Author: Sile Nic Chormaic

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