Title :
Square core jacketed air-clad fiber
Author :
Haynes, J.R. ; Baggett, Joanne C. ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Grunewald, P. ; Allott, R.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of a square core jacketed air-clad fiber with a top-hat near-field intensity profile. Using this fiber we have successfully produced square shaped ablation marks in ITO without complex beam shaping optics
Keywords :
optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; ITO; In2-xSnxO3-y; square core jacketed air-clad fiber; square shaped ablation; top-hat near-field intensity profile; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; Shape; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215735
