Title :
Soft glass microstructured optical fibres: Recent progress in fabrication and opportunities for novel optical devices
Author :
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
This paper reviews recent progress in the fabrication of soft glass microstructured optical fibres with nanowire core sizes, with nanoscale holes in the fibre core itself and with large mode areas. We demonstrate the potential of these fibres for a wide range of applications including high optical nonlinearity, bio/chemical sensing, high-resolution imaging and nano-lithography, mid-infrared high power generation and delivery.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; nanophotonics; nanowires; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; biosensing application; chemical sensing application; high optical nonlinearity; high-resolution imaging; mid-infrared high power generation; nanolithography; nanoscale holed fibre core; nanowire core sized MOF; optical device fabrication; soft glass microstructured optical fibre; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemicals; Glass; High-resolution imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Power generation; extrusion; fibre lasers; fibre sensors; microstructured optical fibres; optical nonlinearity; soft glass;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5184970
