WO2000029886A1 - Resonator fiber bidirectional coupler - Google Patents
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- WO2000029886A1 WO2000029886A1 PCT/US1999/026877 US9926877W WO0029886A1 WO 2000029886 A1 WO2000029886 A1 WO 2000029886A1 US 9926877 W US9926877 W US 9926877W WO 0029886 A1 WO0029886 A1 WO 0029886A1
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Definitions
- WDM wavelength division multiplexing
- optical wavelengths also called optical channels
- add/drop filters The general principle of these devices is illustrated in
- Figure 1 illustrates the properties of the
- a designated wavelength, here ⁇ is intended to be dropped.
- the dropped wavelength ⁇ 3 will be output through port #3 106.
- the wavelength to be added, ⁇ 3 is
- ⁇ ⁇ - ⁇ 4 is output through #2 output port 210.
- waveguides are prepared on a wafer using lithography and
- the disk is designed to sustain optical modes
- the positions of the waveguides permit coupling of optical power between the waveguides and the disk.
- optical power can be
- waveguides and other parts on a chip the waveguides and other parts on a chip
- the disk resonator are etched or otherwise defined into the
- optical-element lends itself well to mass production, it has
- optical Q is a figure of merit often cited in optical
- resonators of the present invention can exceed 1 million.
- resonators can provide more flexibility in design, and can
- the present system teaches a special kind of resonator-
- One application is to wavelength-division-multiplexed
- This application defines an optical device, that has an
- optical fiber which has a first thinned portion, formed such
- the resonator can be spherical,
- a second optical fiber having a second thinned portion
- Figures 1 & 2 respectively show a standard drop and add filter
- Figures 3 & 4 respectively show a drop and add filter function according to an embodiment
- Figure 5 shows a high magnification photograph of the device
- Figure 6 shows an experimental frequency response of the device in Figure 5 ;
- Figure 7 shows a tunable embodiment using multiple resonators
- the device should have a high drop extinction. This
- the device should have very high rejection of non-
- the specific channels to be added are the specific channels to be added.
- the device should also be easy and inexpensive to couple
- the add/drop device could,
- optical pass bandwidth of the add/drop device must be a constant
- a resonator e.g., a
- microsphere or disk shaped resonator is coupled to two, single-mode optical fibers which have been prepared with
- the resonator can be disk shaped, spherical
- the tapered fibers are spheroidal (e.g., a squashed sphere) .
- taper is preferably thin enough so that the light wave may be
- a resonator of appropriate type is then placed between parallel, closely-spaced tapered regions of the two optical fibers.
- Optical power (possibly carrying information) that is propagating in one of the optical fibers couples weakly from the corresponding fiber optic taper to the resonator.
- the frequency of the optical power is "resonant" with a mode of the optical resonator there will be, in general, a significant increase in the power transferred to the resonator and, in turn, to the second fiber taper.
- Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the system configured to be
- microsphere resonator 300 is placed between two
- a first fiber 500 which carries the original optical
- Each of the fibers is tapered at the respective neck
- Figure 5 shows a high magnification photograph of this
- fibers is 3-5 microns in diameter at the location of the
- optical energy can be any optical energy
- Figure 6 shows the transmission spectra through port #2
- the preferred resonator is a silica microsphere.
- the spheres can be distorted - for example prolate or oblate.
- a disk-shaped resonator for example, could be used.
- resonators might be simpler in some ways to fabricate and
- Disks could also be
- optical Q value between 2-10 million.
- One variation is to intentionally degrade the Q factor of
- taper to resonator to taper coupling is measured to be
- a control mechanism can be used to maintain the
- the system can also be made tunable.
- One technique tunes
- Another technique uses a coating on the sphere or disk,
- Possible coatings include but are not limited to
- the resonators are made from a material other than
- Semiconductor spheres or disks exhibit a
- a substrate to improve its strength and durability.
- a substrate could be prepared in which alignment
- Each microsphere is close to or touching a respective fiber
- Each resonator can have a different resonant
- This embodiment provides a
- the Figure 7 system could also be formed on a substrate
- the system described above may have transmission
- narrow-band optical filters This could include, for example,
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JP2000582835A JP2003501674A (en) | 1998-11-13 | 1999-11-12 | Bidirectional coupler of resonator and optical fiber |
EP99972311A EP1153326A4 (en) | 1998-11-13 | 1999-11-12 | Resonator fiber bidirectional coupler |
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