Title :
Novel fabrication and enhanced photosensitivity of selenium filament arrays by optical-fiber thermal drawing
Author :
Deng, D.S. ; Orf, N. ; Abouraddy, A.F. ; Fink, Y.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report break-up of cylindrical shell into well-ordered filament arrays by optical-fiber thermal drawing. Enhanced photosensitivity of centimeter-long crystalline-Se nano-filaments is observed and the mechanism is discussed. This work paves a way to in-fiber nanodevices.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical arrays; optical fibre fabrication; optical materials; selenium; Se; crystalline-nano-filament; enhanced photosensitivity; in-fiber nanodevice; optical-fiber fabrication; optical-fiber thermal drawing; selenium filament array; Dielectric materials; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Polymers; Preforms; Semiconductor materials; Thermal engineering; (160.2290) Fiber materials; (250.0040) Detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
