• 文献标题:   Graphene decorated twin-core fiber Michelson interferometer for all-optical phase shifter and switch
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHU R, GUAN CY, BO YT, LIU J, SHI JH, YANG J, YE P, LI P, YANG J, YUAN LB
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0146-9592 EI 1539-4794
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Engn Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1364/OL.45.000177
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We investigated an all-optical phase shifter and switch based on a graphene decorated side-polished twin-core fiber (TCF) Michelson interferometer (MI). The MI was fabricated by tapering the splicing point between the TCF and single-mode fiber. The flat surface of exposed polished core in the TCF was coated with monolayer graphene. A 980 nm pump laser is used to produce a photothermal effect. The graphene's ohmic heating changes the effective refractive index of the exposed core, resulting in the phase shift of the MI. The MI with a polished length of 5 mm has a significant modulation phase shift with a nearly linear slope of 0.0102 pi/mW near the wavelength of 1550 nm and can obtain an extinction ratio of 7 dB for optical switching with a rise (fall) time of 55.8 ms (15.5 ms). The high-density integration and all-optical control enable the proposed device to have great potential in the miniaturization of optical devices and all-optical signal processing. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America