• DocumentCode
    3001626
  • Title

    Photonic crystal fibre tapers and devices

  • Author

    Birks, T.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Bath, Bath
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Tapering (heat treatment after fabrication) can radically change the properties of photonic crystal fibres over centimetre lengths. Such transitions give useful fibre devices, including low-loss interfaces to dissimilar fibres, waveguides and other optical systems.
  • Keywords
    heat treatment; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; fabrication; fibre devices; heat treatment; photonic crystal fibre; tapering; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface tension;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452404
  • Filename
    4452404