Tunable magneto-optical wavelength filter of long-period fiber grating with magnetic fluids

Abstract

In this paper, the authors propose a magneto-optical tunable filter based on a long-period fiber grating (LPG) coated with magnetic fluids (MFs) as the ambient media. By applying a tunable magnetic field, the center wavelength shift of the attenuation band of LPG is found as large as 7.4nm. The refractive index dependence of MF on the external magnetic intensity is measured and the simulation results show that it is well agreeable with the experimental observations.