Optical modulation in hybrid antiresonant hollow-core fiber infiltrated with vanadium dioxide phase change nanocrystals

Abstract

We present a study of optical modulation by the effect of temperature-induced insulator-to-metal phase transition of vanadium dioxide ( V O 2 ) nanocrystals deposited in an antiresonance hollow-core fiber (AR-HCF). We fabricate such a V O 2 -coated fiber by embedding alkylsilane functionalized V O 2 nanocrystals into the air holes of an AR-HCF. With this fiber, we achieve an optical loss modulation of ∼ 60 % at a temperature above ∼ 53 ∘ C over an ultrabroad spectral range that encompasses the S + C + L band.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 27, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/ol.396311

Entities

People

  • Ho Wai Howard Lee
  • Indra Ghimire
  • Jingyi Yang
  • Kin Seng Chiang
  • Nathan Fleer
  • Pu Wang
  • Quandong Huang
  • Sarbajit Banerjee
  • Shoufei Gao
  • Y Y Wang

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Robert A. Welch Foundation

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene