Title :
Silicon photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Yaman, Fatih ; Pang, Hyungseok ; Xie, Xiaobo ; LiKamWa, Patrick ; Li, Guifang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) made of silicon is reported for the first time. The fiber is obtained by converting silica fiber to porous silicon using magnesiothermic reduction.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; holey fibres; optical materials; photonic crystals; porous semiconductors; silicon; Si; hollow-core PCF; magnesiothermic reduction; porous silicon; silica fiber conversion; silicon photonic crystal fiber; Annealing; Biomedical optical imaging; Bleaching; Diffraction; Fiber nonlinear optics; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Solids; Steel; X-ray scattering; 060.2390; 060.4005; 060.5295;
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
