Title :
Elliptical CO2 laser beam tapering of pressurised bismuth microstructured optical fiber
Author :
Boyd, K. ; Murphy, D.F. ; Munch, J. ; Monro, T.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing (IPAS), Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate controlled, adiabatic tapering of pressurized bismuth hexagonal microstructured optical fibers, enabling holes of diameters <; 300 nm, with controlled collapse, and core sizes <; 1 μm using an elliptical CO2 laser beam profile.
Keywords :
bismuth; carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; Bi; CO2; adiabatic tapering; controlled collapse; core sizes; elliptical CO2 laser beam; pressurised bismuth microstructured optical fiber; Bismuth; CO2 Laser; Microstructured Optical Fiber (MOF); Soft glass; Taper;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929888
