Title :
Use of Optical Tweezers to Fabricate Tunable Filters in Photonic Crystal Fibers
Author :
Domachuk, Peter ; Perry, Hannah ; Omenetto, Fiorenzo ; Cronin-Golomb, Mark
Author_Institution :
Tufts Univ., Medford
Abstract :
Tunable optical filters are fabricated in hollow core photonic crystal fibers by using optical tweezer beams directed transversely to the fiber to load and space silica microspheres in the fluid filled hollow core.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical fibres; optical filters; photonic crystals; radiation pressure; fluid filled hollow core; hollow core photonic crystal fibers; optical tweezer beams; silica microspheres; tunable optical filters; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Optical beams; Optical bistability; Optical distortion; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452363
