All-optical tuning of a magnetic-fluid-filled optofluidic ring resonator.

An all-optical tunable optofluidic ring resonator (OFRR) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The all-optical control of a silica microresonator is highly attractive, but it is difficult to realize because of the relatively weak Kerr effect and the absence of a plasma dispersion effect of silica. Here, we infuse a silica microcapillary-based optofluidic ring resonator with a magnetic fluid, into which pump light is injected by a fiber taper. Iron oxide nanoparticles dispersed in the magnetic fluid produce a strong pump light absorption, and this leads to a resonance shift of the silica microresonator due to the photothermal effect. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first scheme for all-optical tuning of an OFRR. A tuning sensitivity of up to 0.15 nm mW(-1) and a tuning range of 3.3 nm are achieved. With such excellent performance, the magnetic-fluid-filled OFRR has great potential in filtering, sensing, and signal processing applications.

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