Fish & Richardson P.C.
Reflectivity-tunable fiber optic reflector
 A reflectivity-tunable fiber reflector is disclosed. The Bragg reflectivity of the fiber grating is modulated by exciting the transverse vibration of the fiber through an acoustic wave. The excitation of the transverse vibration, leading to fiber grating tilting and fiber micro-bending, induces the coupling of the fiber core mode into cladding modes. This leads to the reduction of core-mode power and hence that of Bragg reflection. This mechanism is applied by this invention to control the reflectivity of a fiber optic Bragg grating after fabrication. The fiber reflector is suitable for fiber-compatible acousto-optical switching. 
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Cheng-Wen Ding-Wei Chih-Chung Wen-Fung
Wu Huang Yang Liu