Title :
Fabrication of photonic crystal on tapered nanofibers using a femtosecond laser
Author :
Nayak, Kali P. ; Hakuta, Kohzo
Author_Institution :
Center for Photonic Innovations, Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We demonstrate that thousands of periodic nano-craters are fabricated on a tapered optical nanofiber, by irradiating with just a single femtosecond laser pulse. The periodic nano-craters on the nanofiber, act as a 1-D photonic crystal.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; nanofabrication; nanofibres; nanophotonics; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; 1D photonic crystal; femtosecond laser; periodic nanocraters; single femtosecond laser pulse irradiation; tapered nanofibers; tapered optical nanofiber; Laser beams; Nanobioscience; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600291
