Title :
Air-Silica Structured Fibre Micromachining using Focused Ion Beam
Author :
Martelli, Cicero ; Olivero, Paolo ; Canning, John ; Groothoff, Nathaniel ; Gibson, Brant ; Huntington, Shane
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
A focused ion beam is used to mill side access holes in two types of silica structured fibres: (1) a four-ring photonic crystal fibre and (2) a 6-hole single ring step index structured fibre.
Keywords :
focused ion beam technology; micromachining; milling; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; 6-hole single ring step index structured fibre; SiO2; air-silica structured fibre micromachining; focused ion beam milling; four-ring photonic crystal fibre; side access holes; Australia; Etching; Gratings; Ion beams; Micromachining; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Physics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519191
