Fiber-integrated phase-change reconfigurable optical attenuator
Fiber-integrated phase-change reconfigurable optical attenuator
We report on the experimental demonstration of an optical-fiber-integrated, non-volatile transmission switching device. The operating mechanism exploits a cavity resonance spectral shift associated with an induced change in the refractive index of a high-index thin film on the polished side facet of the fiber. In the present case, a thermally-induced amorphous-crystalline structural transition in a 500 nm layer of germanium antimony telluride at a distance of 500 nm from the core-cladding interface of an SMF-28 single-mode fiber delivers resonant transmission contrast >0.5 dB/mm at 1315nm. Contrast is a function of active layer proximity to the core, while operating wavelength is determined by layer thickness-varying thickness by a few tens of nanometers can provide for tuning over the entire near-infrared telecoms spectral range.
Martins, Tiago
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Piccinotti, Davide
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Peacock, Anna
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Frazão, Orlando
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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November 2019
Martins, Tiago
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Piccinotti, Davide
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Peacock, Anna
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Frazão, Orlando
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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Martins, Tiago, Gholipour, Behrad, Piccinotti, Davide, MacDonald, Kevin F., Peacock, Anna, Frazão, Orlando and Zheludev, Nikolai
(2019)
Fiber-integrated phase-change reconfigurable optical attenuator.
APL Photonics, 4, [111301].
(doi:10.1063/1.5116000).
Abstract
We report on the experimental demonstration of an optical-fiber-integrated, non-volatile transmission switching device. The operating mechanism exploits a cavity resonance spectral shift associated with an induced change in the refractive index of a high-index thin film on the polished side facet of the fiber. In the present case, a thermally-induced amorphous-crystalline structural transition in a 500 nm layer of germanium antimony telluride at a distance of 500 nm from the core-cladding interface of an SMF-28 single-mode fiber delivers resonant transmission contrast >0.5 dB/mm at 1315nm. Contrast is a function of active layer proximity to the core, while operating wavelength is determined by layer thickness-varying thickness by a few tens of nanometers can provide for tuning over the entire near-infrared telecoms spectral range.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 November 2019
Published date: November 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435243
ISSN: 2378-0967
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Tiago Martins
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Behrad Gholipour
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Davide Piccinotti
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Kevin F. MacDonald
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Anna Peacock
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Orlando Frazão
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Nikolai Zheludev
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