Narrowband spectral filter based on biconical tapered fiber

Sergio Celaschi; Gilliard N. Malheiros-Silveira

doi:10.1117/12.2289287

23 February 2018 Narrowband spectral filter based on biconical tapered fiber

Sergio Celaschi, Gilliard N. Malheiros-Silveira

Proceedings Volume 10526, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI; 1052626 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289287
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The ease of fabrication and compactness of devices based on tapered optical fibers contribute to its potential using in several applications ranging from telecommunication components to sensing devices. In this work, we proposed, fabricated, and characterized a spectral filter made of biconical taper from a coaxial optical fiber. This filter is defined by adiabatically tapering a depressed-cladding fiber. The adiabatic taper profile obtained during fabrication prevents the interference of other modes than HE₁₁ and HE₁₂ ones, which play the main role for the beating phenomenon and the filter response. The evolution of the fiber shapes during the pulling was modeled by two coupled partial differential equations, which relate the normalized cross-section area, and the axial velocity of the fiber elongation. These equations govern the mass and axial momentum conservation. The numerical results of the filter characteristics are in good accordance with the experimental ones. The filter was packaged in order to let it ready for using in optical communication bands. The characteristics are: free spectral range (FSR) of 6.19 nm, insertion loss bellow 0.5 dB, and isolation > 20 dB at C-band. Its transmission spectrum extends from 1200 to 1600 nm where the optical fiber core supports monomode transmission. Such characteristics may also be interesting to be applied in sensing applications. We show preliminary numerical results assuming a biconic taper embedded into a dielectric media, showing promising results for electro-optic sensing applications.

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Sergio Celaschi and Gilliard N. Malheiros-Silveira "Narrowband spectral filter based on biconical tapered fiber", Proc. SPIE 10526, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI, 1052626 (23 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289287

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