Title :
Photonic crystal formation on tapered optical nanofibers using femtosecond laser ablation technique
Author :
Nayak, Kali P. ; Hakuta, Kohzo
Author_Institution :
Center for Photonic Innovations, Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate that thousands of periodic nano-craters are fabricated on a tapered optical nanofiber, by irradiating just a single femtosecond laser pulse. Such periodic nano-craters on the nanofiber, act as a 1-D photonic crystal.
Keywords :
laser ablation; nanofabrication; nanofibres; nanophotonics; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; 1-D photonic crystal; femtosecond laser ablation technique; periodic nanocraters; photonic crystal formation; single femtosecond laser pulse; tapered optical nanofibers; Nanobioscience; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
