ADVANCES IN OPTICAL

FIBERS IN MEMS
BARTOMIEJ GUZOWSKI

Summer School, Lviv 10.09.2015

OPTICAL FIBER

HOW DO OPTICAL FIBERS WORK?

Total internal reflection

ncore > ncladding

OPTICAL FIBER

core

cladding

OPTICAL FIBER

core

cladding

OPTICAL FIBER

OPTICAL FIBER
Single-mode fiber SMF
9 m
core

cladding
125 m

Multi-mode fiber MMF

50m
rdze
core

62,5m
core

cladding
125m

cladding
125 m

OPTICAL FIBER
Single-mode fiber SMF

Multi-mode fiber MMF

OPTICAL FIBERS CONNECT THE

WORLD
Telecommunication

OPTICAL FIBER - FTTH

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OPTICAL FIBER - FTTH

OLT - Optical Line Terminal in core network
downlink ports (to us)

Komunikuje si z sieci szkieletow

uplink ports (to the source of the Internet)

ONU - Optical Network Unit

in our home/desk/basment

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OPTICAL FIBERS - SENSORS

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDES

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDES

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDES

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDES
w = 400m
h-r = 200-220m

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDES
On-chip connections

Chip-to-chip connections

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PLANAR WAVEGUIDE

http://photonics.intec.ugent.be

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PHOTONIC CHIP- WHAT DO I NEED?

http://photonics.intec.ugent.be
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WAVEGUIDE CIRCUITS

http://photonics.intec.ugent.be

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

http://photonics.intec.ugent.be

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

http://photonics
.intec.ugent.be

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

Optical fiber

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

Alternative - tapers

http://imagebank.osa.org/getImage.xqy?img=LmZ1bGwsb2UtMjEtMjQtMjkzMTMtZzAwMQ&a
rticle=oe-21-24-29313-g001
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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

http://imagebank.osa.org/getImage.xqy?img=dTcqLmxh
cmdlLG9lLTE4LTE1LTE1NzkwLWcwMDE

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

http://photonics.intec.ugent.be

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HOW TO INTRODUCE THE LIGHT?

http://imagebank.osa.org/getImage.xqy?img=OG0kcC5mdWx
sLG9lLTIxLTI0LTI5MzEzLWcwMDQ&article=oe-21-24-29313-g004

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HOW TO GUIDE THE LIGHT?

Mirror-assisted silicon rib

waveguide 90 bend

Splitters: a) Y-splitter, b)MMI-splitter

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HOW TO DETECT THE LIGHT?

http://opticalengineering.spiedigitallibrary.or
g/article.aspx?articleid=1869892

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HOW TO DETECT THE LIGHT?

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HOW TO DETECT THE LIGHT?

http://optoelectronics.ece.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/shared/images/Silicon%20photodetector%20cross%20section%20(SEM).jpg

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APPLICATIONS

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APPLICATIONS STRAIN SENSOR

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APPLICATIONS SALT SENSOR

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APPLICATION-VIBRATION SENSOR

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APPLICATION OPTICAL CLOCK

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APPLICATION THERMO-OPTICAL
SWITCH

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