• 文献标题:   Few-Layer Graphene Integrated Tilted Fiber Grating For All-Optical Switching
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIANG BQ, HOU YG, WANG HY, GAN XT, LI AL, HAO Z, ZHOU KM, ZHANG L, ZHAO JL
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, optical switche, optical fiber device, optical fiber, optical interferometry, optical surface wave, optical pumping, alloptical switch, fewlayer graphene, reduceddiameter fiber, tilted fiber grating
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0733-8724 EI 1558-2213
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  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1109/JLT.2020.3036761
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Recently, the integration of two-dimensional materials with optical fibers has opened up a great opportunity to develop all-fiber signal-processing devices. Graphene is an ideal material for all-optical signal processing via thermal-optic effect because of its high electrical and thermal conductivity, as well as broadband light-matter interactions with fast responses. Herein, we report the achievement of all-optical switching with fast response by integrating few-layer graphene onto a tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) inscribed in a reduced-diameter fiber. Relying on graphene's decent photothermal effect, the transmission spectrum of the TFBG could be all-optically modulated by tuning the incident pump power. The all-optical switch can consequently operate at a series of wavelengths owing to the TFBG's comb-like resonances. The reduced diameter of the graphene-integrated TFBG and the pump at its resonant wavelength promise the all-optical switch to have a fast-dynamic response of around 1 mu s and an extinction ratio exceeding 13 dB. This compact device with graphene integration has the potentials to be integrated into all-fiber system to extend the functions of all-optical signal processing.