Optical fibre nanowire technology and applications

Author

Brambilla, G.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A review of optical fibre nanowires and their applications is presented. Optical fibres with sub-micrometric diameters are commonly called photonic or optical fibre nanowires (OFN). Because of the considerable fraction of mode power propagating outside the OFN, it is possible to couple power between different OFNs and/or different OFN sections by positioning them sufficiently close. One simple coil can provide a resonating structure with Q - factors of ~10 . Other high-Q resonators have been manufactured knotting OFN. Because of the large evanescent fields and their compatibility with fiberised components, OFNs are ideally suited for application in sensing. And OFNs have found multiple applications in particle/cell handling.

Keywords

Q-factor; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; fibre optic sensors; nanotechnology; nanowires; optical fibre fabrication; optical resonators; particle size; OFN fabrication; OFN sensor; high-Q resonators; mode power propagation; optical fibre nanowire technology; optical manipulation; particle/cell handling; photonic fibre nanowires; sub-micrometric diameter sized fibres; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fires; Glass; Manufacturing; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical resonators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610615

Filename

4610615