• DocumentCode
    690091
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834483