Widely tunable dual acousto-optic interferometric device based on a hollow core fiber

An all-fiber dual Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on an acoustically modulated hollow-core fiber (HCF) is experimentally demonstrated for the first time. By attaching an acoustic driver in between the fixed ends of an HCF, we fabricated two acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) with distinct drive...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-09
Main Authors: da Silva, Ricardo E, Osório, Jonas H, Gérôme, Frédéric, Benabid, Fetah, Webb, David J, Franco, Marcos A R, Cordeiro, Cristiano M B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acousto-optics
Acoustooptical devices
Couplings
Fiber lasers
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Matrix methods
Synchronism
Transfer matrices
Tuning
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Summary:An all-fiber dual Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on an acoustically modulated hollow-core fiber (HCF) is experimentally demonstrated for the first time. By attaching an acoustic driver in between the fixed ends of an HCF, we fabricated two acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) with distinct driver positions, allowing for synchronizing two in-line MZIs inside the HCF. The first MZI is set by two acoustic long-period gratings separated by a second MZI formed at the fiber and driver attaching region. We show that this setup enables frequency-tuning of the coupling between the fundamental and higher-order modes in the HCF. Additionally, we simulate and analyze the HCF modal couplings and MZIs' modulated spectra under distinct device parameters using the transfer matrix method. The new AOM-MZI enables tuning of the MZIs free spectral range by adjusting 1 Hz of the electrical frequency, which is promising to modulate multiwavelength filters, sensors and fiber lasers.
ISSN:2331-8422