Ultrafast-laser inscription of a three dimensional fan-out device for multicore fiber coupling applications

被引：154

作者：

Thomson, R. R. ^{[1
]}

Bookey, H. T. ^{[1
]}

Psaila, N. D. ^{[1
]}

Fender, A. ^{[1
]}

Campbell, S. ^{[1
]}

MacPherson, W. N. ^{[1
]}

Barton, J. S. ^{[1
]}

Reid, D. T. ^{[1
]}

Kar, A. K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Heriot Watt Univ, Sch Engn & Phys Sci, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2007年 / 15卷 / 18期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1364/OE.15.011691

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A fan-out device has been fabricated using ultrafast-laser waveguide-inscription that enables each core of a multicore optical fiber (MCF) to be addressed by a single mode fiber held in a fiber V-groove array (FVA). By utilizing the unique three-dimensional fabrication capability of this technique we demonstrate coupling between an FVA consisting of a one-dimensional array of fibers and an MCF consisting of a two-dimensional array of cores. When coupled to all cores of the MCF simultaneously, the average insertion loss per core was 5.0 dB in the 1.55 mu m spectral region. Furthermore, the fan-out exhibited low cross-talk and low polarization dependent loss. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：11691 / 11697

页数：7

共 15 条

[1] Study of the influence of femtosecond laser polarisation on direct writing of waveguides [J].

Ams, M. ;

Marshall, G. D. ;

Withford, M. J. .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2006, 14 (26) :13158-13163

[2] Slit beam shaping method for femtosecond laser direct-write fabrication of symmetric waveguides in bulk glasses [J].

Ams, M ;

Marshall, GD ;

Spence, DJ ;

Withford, MJ .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2005, 13 (15) :5676-5681

[3] Femtosecond laser inscription of low insertion loss waveguides in Z-cut lithium niobate [J].

Bookey, Henry T. ;

Thomson, Robert R. ;

Psaila, Nicholas D. ;

Kar, Ajoy K. ;

Chiodo, Nicola ;

Osellame, Roberto ;

Cerullo, Giulio .

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 2007, 19 (9-12) :892-894

[4] Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser [J].

Davis, KM ;

Miura, K ;

Sugimoto, N ;

Hirao, K .

OPTICS LETTERS, 1996, 21 (21) :1729-1731

[5] Telecom-band directional coupler written with femtosecond fiber laser [J].

Eaton, S. M. ;

Chen, W. ;

Zhang, L. ;

Zhang, H. ;

Iyer, R. ;

Aitchison, J. S. ;

Herman, P. R. .

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 2006, 18 (17-20) :2174-2176

[6] Heat accumulation effects in femtosecond laser-written waveguides with variable repetition rate [J].

Eaton, SM ;

Zhang, HB ;

Herman, PR .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2005, 13 (12) :4708-4716

[7] Two-axis bend measurement with Bragg gratings in multicore optical fiber [J].

Flockhart, GMH ;

MacPherson, WN ;

Barton, JS ;

Jones, JDC ;

Zhang, L ;

Bennion, I .

OPTICS LETTERS, 2003, 28 (06) :387-389

[8] Bend measurement using Bragg gratings in multicore fibre [J].

Gander, MJ ;

MacPherson, WN ;

McBride, R ;

Jones, JDC ;

Zhang, L ;

Bennion, I ;

Blanchard, PM ;

Burnett, JG ;

Greenaway, AH .

ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 2000, 36 (02) :120-121

[9] Phase locking and in-phase supermode selection in monolithic multicore fiber lasers [J].

Li, L. ;

Schuelzgen, A. ;

Chen, S. ;

Temyanko, V. L. ;

Moloney, J. V. ;

Peyghambarian, N. .

OPTICS LETTERS, 2006, 31 (17) :2577-2579

[10] Remotely addressed optical fibre curvature sensor using multicore photonic crystal fibre [J].

MacPherson, WN ;

Gander, MJ ;

McBride, R ;

Jones, JDC ;

Blanchard, PM ;

Burnett, JG ;

Greenaway, AH ;

Mangan, B ;

Birks, TA ;

Knight, JC ;

Russell, PS .

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 2001, 193 (1-6) :97-104

← 1 2 →