The invention discloses Mach-Zehnder interferometer integrated in an
optical fiber and the manufacture method thereof; two sections of
single core optical fibers are respectively provided on two sides Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and one section of two-
core optical fiber in the middle of Mach-Zehnder interferometer are welded and tapered, and hence the Mach-Zehnder interferometer is formed; the Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprises a single mode
single core input
optical fiber (1), a light splitting taper-shaped
coupling area (2), a single mode double-
core optical fiber (3), a light composite taper-shaped
coupling area (4) and a single mode
single core output
optical fiber (5); the single mode single core input optical
fiber (1), the single mode single core output optical
fiber (5) and the single mode double-
core optical fiber (3) are connected with each other through the light splitting taper-shaped
coupling area (2) and the light composite taper-shaped coupling area (4). The invention has the advantages that interferometer has great stability, avoids the variation positions of all moveable parts because of
assembly, fixing and regulation, reduces the volume of the interferometer and makes the
system more simple and more compact; as the
optical path differences of two interference arms positioned in the double-core optical
fiber are very small, the invention doesn't need huge mutual coherence of
light source and can implement auto-compensation of optical paths of the two interference arms.