PROJECT TITLE :

Design of Thermally Poled Twin-Core Fiber Coupler With Electrical Tunability

ABSTRACT:

Tunable coupler primarily based on thermally poled twin-core fiber (TCF) with a hole-core-core-hole configuration was proposed during this letter. The thermal poling process therein was investigated primarily based on the 2-D charge dynamics model. Effective $chi ^(2)$ in the twin-cores pointing toward opposite directions were introduced. By subjecting the poled TCF to modulating voltage, the tunability of coupling ratio between the dual-cores was investigated. The results indicate that the coupling characteristics of thermally poled twin-cores could be controlled flexibly by modulating voltage, and consequently achieving a stable and highly compacted electrically tunable TCF coupler.