Compact optical microfiber components based on small size piezoelectric ceramic transducer

Xueliang Zhang; George Chen; Zhangqi Song; M. Belal; E. Koukharenko; G. Brambilla; T. P. Newson

doi:10.1117/12.968792

17 October 2012 Compact optical microfiber components based on small size piezoelectric ceramic transducer

Xueliang Zhang, George Chen, Zhangqi Song, M. Belal, E. Koukharenko, G. Brambilla, T. P. Newson

Proceedings Volume 8421, OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 842112 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968792
Event: OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensor, 2012, Beijing, China

Abstract

Optical microfibers have attracted much attention in recent years due to its physical flexibility and low bending loss, which enables the possibility to make compact active optical components when combined with small-size piezoelectric ceramic transducers. Here, we present the demonstration of OM embedded in low refractive index polymer wound around a piezoceramic rod of 1 mm diameter and 6 mm length as a compact optical phase modulator, which showed a frequency response up to 1 MHz. We also report the fabrication of a compact tunable optical resonator from a 3 mm diameter, 1 mm thick piezoceramic disc with a 50 pm shift when 600 V is applied across its electrodes.

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Xueliang Zhang, George Chen, Zhangqi Song, M. Belal, E. Koukharenko, G. Brambilla, and T. P. Newson "Compact optical microfiber components based on small size piezoelectric ceramic transducer", Proc. SPIE 8421, OFS2012 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 842112 (17 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968792

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