Author :
Svacha, Geoff T. ; Mazur, Eric ; Tong, Limin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Div. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Recent advances in the fabrication and manipulation of sub-wavelength optical fibers provide new methods for building chemical and biological sensors, generating supercontinuum light by nonlinear pulse propagation, and constructing microphotonic components and devices. We examine the properties of sub-wavelength dimension optical fibers as waveguides. The reported silica submicrometer- or nanometer-diameter wires are suitable for low-loss optical wave guiding. Thanks to their excellent uniformity, large length, high flexibility, and strength, these wires can be manipulated and assembled with high accuracy.
Keywords :
nanostructured materials; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibres; biological sensors; chemical sensors; light nanowires; microphotonic components; microphotonic devices; nonlinear pulse propagation; optical fiber fabrication; silica nanometer-diameter wires; silica submicrometer-diameter wires; sub-wavelength optical fibers; supercontinuum light generation; Buildings; Chemical and biological sensors; Nanobioscience; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Supercontinuum generation; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192893
