Ultracompact intrinsic micro air-cavity fiber mach-zehnder interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1027-1029

  Park, Minkyu ^a   Lee, Sejin ^a   Ha, Woosung ^a   Kim, Dae Kyu ^a   Shin, Woojin ^b   Sohn, Ik Bu ^b   Oh, Kyunghwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

All fiber device; Interference filter; Laser micromachining; Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI)

Indexed keywords

ALL-FIBER DEVICE; CAVITY FIBERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER IRRADIATION; FIBER MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFERENCE FILTER; LASER MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL PATH; SHORT CAVITY; SILICA CLADDING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 68049112297     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2021278     Document Type: Article

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