Title :
Lead-silicate optical nanowires
Author :
Brambilla, G. ; Feng, X. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
Only recently, a technique to manufacture optical fibre nanowires with sufficiently low propagation losses for optical applications has been published. Due to the small surface roughness and high diameter uniformity required to achieve low propagation losses, to date the totality of work in the area has focused on the production of silica optical fibre nanowires. Here we report what we believe to be the first successful fabrication of low-loss compound-glass optical wires
Keywords :
glass fibres; lead compounds; nanowires; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; silicon compounds; PbSiO2; compound-glass optical wire fabrication; diameter uniformity; lead-silicate optical nanowires; low propagation losses; optical fibre nanowire manufacturing; surface roughness; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568359
