Direct UV Written Optical Waveguides in Flexible Glass Flat Fiber Chips

被引:22
作者
Adikan, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd [1 ,2 ]
Sandoghchi, Seyed Reza [1 ]
Yi, Chong Wu [2 ]
Simpson, Robert Edward [3 ]
Mahdi, Mohd Adzir [4 ]
Webb, Andrew Simon [5 ]
Gates, James Christopher [5 ]
Holmes, Christopher [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Malaya, Dept Elect Engn, Fac Engn, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[2] Univ Malaya, Photon Res Ctr, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[3] Japanese Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Innovat Res Ctr, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
[4] Univ Putra Malaysia, Dept Comp & Commun Syst Engn, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
[5] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
Integrated optics; optical design and fabrication; sensors; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; FABRICATION;
D O I
10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2171921
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A glass-based substrate technology that fills the gap between a truly flexible extended length distributed sensor medium and the multifunctionality of optical chips is demonstrated. Flat fiber chips will open further degrees of freedom to control the behavior of light via mechanical manipulation. A flexible flat format will also allow straightforward incorporation into smart structures. Coupled with low manufacturing costs, these flexichips can also be a key enabler to disposable high-end sensing devices or fully distributed point sensors. In this study, Bragg gratings were used to demonstrate the optical flatness of the flat fiber core layer. Furthermore, the effective index values obtained from the grating experiment were input into a dynamic model, subsequently proving the influence of the dumbbell-shaped flat fiber cross section on the resultant UV written waveguides. Evanescent field sensing was also demonstrated by adopting a stepped Bragg approach.
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页码:1534 / 1539
页数:6
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