• 文献标题:   Microfiber thermo-optic modulator based on reduced graphene oxide film
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU PY, FENG GY, MA YK, WANG Z, ZHOU H
  • 作者关键词:   modulator, reduced graphene oxide film, microfiber, thermooptic
  • 出版物名称:   OPTICAL ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   0091-3286 EI 1560-2303
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1117/1.OE.60.1.017101
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

We investigate a modulator based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) thermal conductive film and in-fiber optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). MZI is fabricated by stretching single-mode fiber by high-temperature heating. The cone region of MZI is coated with RGO thermal conductive film, which is heated by electrothermal effect through silver electrodes. The heating of the heat-conducting film changes the effective refractive index of the optical fiber, which leads to a phase difference of MZI. Five channels are formed across C- and L-bands. The maximum shift of interference peak spectrum is more than 2 nm. Meanwhile, the device has a modulation phase shift with a nearly linear slope of 0.007 pi/mW near the wavelength of 1555 nm, and an extinction ratio of 4 dB for optical switching with a rise (fall) time of 80 ms (70 ms) is achieved. The high-density integration and all-fiber structure enable the proposed device to have great potential in the miniaturization of optical devices. (C) 2021 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)