Mach-Zehnder interferometers assembled with optical microfibers or nanofibers
Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 303-305 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.000303
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Abstract
We demonstrate Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZI) assembled using optical microfibers or nanofibers (MNFs) drawn from silica fibers and tellurite glasses. As-assembled MZIs, with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers, show good interference fringes with extinction ratios of
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OCIS Codes
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(230.3990) Optical devices : Micro-optical devices
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: September 13, 2007
Revised Manuscript: December 18, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: December 27, 2007
Published: February 6, 2008
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Citation
Yuhang Li and Limin Tong, "Mach-Zehnder interferometers assembled with optical microfibers or nanofibers," Opt. Lett. 33, 303-305 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-4-303
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