Optical Switching in Glass Fibre Composite

Christopher Holmes; Mike Godfrey; Paolo Mennea; Daniel Bull; Janice M Dulieu-Barton

doi:10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108105

Optical Switching in Glass Fibre Composite

Christopher Holmes^*, Mike Godfrey, Paolo Mennea, Daniel Bull, Janice M Dulieu-Barton

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Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time the reconfigurability of optical signals within advanced laminated composite. The approach employs an ultra-thin planar optical circuit, embedded within glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) that switches an optical input though Ohmic heating. This advance highlights new opportunities for optical reconfigurability within advanced composites, enabling data transmission redundancy and a consideration of branching optical fibre architectures.

Original language	English
Article number	108105
Journal	Journal of Optics and Laser Technology
Volume	152
Early online date	28 Mar 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108105
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2022

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The research has been partly developed under EPSRC ?Roll-2-Roll (R2R) manufacture of multilayer planar optics?, EP/V053213/1. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a creative commons attribution (CC BY) licence (where permitted by UKRI, ?open government licence? or ?creative commons attribution no-derivatives (CC BY-ND) licence? may be stated instead) to any author accepted manuscript version arising. The authors thank James Gates for maintenance of the direct UV writing systems and Rex Bannerman for building the near-infrared characterization set-up.

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Advanced composite
Optical switch
Planar optics

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