Nonlinear Optical Fibers for Electro-optic Applications |
Won-Taek Han, Bok-Hyeon Kim |
Department of Information and Communications, School of Photon Science and Technology Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) |
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Abstract |
Fabrication and electro-optic applications of glass optical fibers were reviewed. Theoretical description on the electro-optic Kerr effect in glass optical fibers, particularly for the second-order optical nonlinearity was given. Fabrication procedure and the characterization of the nonlinear electro-optic fibers with internal electrodes were described. Several electro-optic devices based on the polarimetric cells made by the nonlinear optical fibers with internal electrodes were also discussed with the experimental results on the electro-optic effect. |