›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 14214-014214.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/1/014214

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

All-fiber optical modulator based on no-core fiber and magnetic fluid as cladding

陈耀飞a, 韩群a, 刘铁根a b   

  1. a College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    b Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-05-06 修回日期:2014-06-16 出版日期:2015-01-05 发布日期:2015-01-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City, China (Grant No. 13JCYBJC16100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61107035), the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project of China (Grant No. 2013YQ03091502), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB327802 and 2010CB327806).

All-fiber optical modulator based on no-core fiber and magnetic fluid as cladding

Chen Yao-Fei (陈耀飞)a, Han Qun (韩群)a, Liu Tie-Gen (刘铁根)a b   

  1. a College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    b Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2014-05-06 Revised:2014-06-16 Online:2015-01-05 Published:2015-01-05
  • Contact: Han Qun, Liu Tie-Gen E-mail:hanqun@tju.edu.cn;tgliu@tju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City, China (Grant No. 13JCYBJC16100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61107035), the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project of China (Grant No. 2013YQ03091502), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB327802 and 2010CB327806).

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摘要： An all-fiber optical modulator, which is composed of a piece of no-core fiber spliced between two sections of single-mode fibers and uses magnetic fluid (MF) as the cladding of the no-core fiber section, is proposed and investigated experimentally. Due to the tunable refractive index and absorption coefficient of MF, the output intensity can be modulated by controlling an applied magnetic field. The dependences of the modulator's temporal response on the working wavelength, the magnetic field strength (H), and the MF's concentration are investigated experimentally. The results are explained qualitatively by the dynamic response process of MF under the action of a magnetic field. The findings are helpful for optimizing this kind of modulator.

关键词: optical fiber, optical modulator, no-core fiber, magnetic fluid

Abstract: An all-fiber optical modulator, which is composed of a piece of no-core fiber spliced between two sections of single-mode fibers and uses magnetic fluid (MF) as the cladding of the no-core fiber section, is proposed and investigated experimentally. Due to the tunable refractive index and absorption coefficient of MF, the output intensity can be modulated by controlling an applied magnetic field. The dependences of the modulator's temporal response on the working wavelength, the magnetic field strength (H), and the MF's concentration are investigated experimentally. The results are explained qualitatively by the dynamic response process of MF under the action of a magnetic field. The findings are helpful for optimizing this kind of modulator.

Key words: optical fiber, optical modulator, no-core fiber, magnetic fluid

中图分类号:  (Fiber optics)

  • 42.81.-i
42.81.Qb (Fiber waveguides, couplers, and arrays) 75.50.Mm (Magnetic liquids)