• DocumentCode
    2974660
  • Title

    Optical micro- and nano-structures using fibre tapers

  • Author

    Birks, T.A. ; Leon-Saval, S.G. ; Wadsworth, W.J. ; Russell, P. St J

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Tapering of conventional and photonic crystal fibres can be used to make glass-air waveguides down to submicron scales, and gives them ready-made low-loss interfaces to simplify input and output coupling.
  • Keywords
    nanostructured materials; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; fibre tapers; glass-air waveguides; nanostructures; optical microstructures; photonic crystal fibre tapering; ready-made low-loss interfaces; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201672
  • Filename
    1572738