Soft glass microstructured optical fibres: Recent progress in fabrication and opportunities for novel optical devices

Author

Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, Tanya M.

Author_Institution

Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper reviews recent progress in the fabrication of soft glass microstructured optical fibres with nanowire core sizes, with nanoscale holes in the fibre core itself and with large mode areas. We demonstrate the potential of these fibres for a wide range of applications including high optical nonlinearity, bio/chemical sensing, high-resolution imaging and nano-lithography, mid-infrared high power generation and delivery.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; nanophotonics; nanowires; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; biosensing application; chemical sensing application; high optical nonlinearity; high-resolution imaging; mid-infrared high power generation; nanolithography; nanoscale holed fibre core; nanowire core sized MOF; optical device fabrication; soft glass microstructured optical fibre; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemicals; Glass; High-resolution imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Power generation; extrusion; fibre lasers; fibre sensors; microstructured optical fibres; optical nonlinearity; soft glass;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5184970

Filename

5184970