Title :
Nanostructured graded index materials
Author :
Hudelist, F. ; Waddie, Andrew J. ; Nowosielski, J.M. ; Buczynski, R. ; Taghizadeh, Mohammad R.
Author_Institution :
Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
In this paper nano-structured elements are fabricated with the stack-and-draw method used for all solid photonic crystal fibres. We fabricate non-guiding structures with a much larger diameter and feature sizes of 200 nm and less. These structures are cut to discs of a few hundred mum thickness for use as optical GRIN elements like lenses and beam correctors. Due to the method of fabrication, the elements can have a completely arbitrary index distribution within the limitations of the materials used in the element fabrication.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; holey fibres; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; arbitrary index distribution; beam corrector; draw method; nanostructured element fabrication; nanostructured graded index material; nonguiding structure fabrication; optical GRIN element; optical lenses; size 200 nm; solid photonic crystal fibres; stack method; Dielectric materials; Lenses; Nanostructured materials; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical vortices; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191958
