Quasi-distributed and wavelength selective
addressing of optical micro-resonators based on
long period fiber gratings
D. Farnesi,
1,2
F. Chiavaioli,
2,*
F. Baldini,
2
G. C. Righini,
1,2
S. Soria,
2
C. Trono,
2
and G.
Nunzi Conti
2
1
Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, Piazza del Viminale 2, 00184 Roma, Italy
2
Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR-IFAC, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI),
Italy
*
f.chiavaioli@ifac.cnr.it
Abstract: A novel all-in-fiber method for coupling light to high-Q silica
whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical micro-resonators is presented,
which is based on a pair of long period fiber gratings (LPGs) written in the
same silica fiber, along with a thick fiber taper (15–18 μm in waist) in
between the LPGs. The proposed coupling structure is robust and can be
replicated many times along the same fiber simply cascading LPGs with
different bands. Typical Q-factors of the order of 10
8
and total coupling
efficiency up to 60% were measured collecting the resonances of
microspheres or microbubbles at the fiber end. This approach uniquely
allows quasi-distributed and wavelength selective addressing of different
micro-resonators along the same fiber.
©2015 Optical Society of America
OCIS codes: (140.4780) Optical resonators; (140.3945) Microcavities; (230.5750) Resonators;
(050.2770) Gratings; (060.2310) Fiber optics; (060.4230) Multiplexing.
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Received 15 Jun 2015; revised 18 Jul 2015; accepted 19 Jul 2015; published 4 Aug 2015
10 Aug 2015 | Vol. 23, No. 16 | DOI:10.1364/OE.23.021175 | OPTICS EXPRESS 21175