Title :
Nanostructures in tapered air-silica fibres
Author :
Rollinson, Claire M. ; Huntington, Shane T. ; Gibson, Brant C. ; Rubanov, Sergey ; Canning, John
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
Using a combined focused ion beam (FIB) and scanning electon microscope (SEM) technique, tapered air-silica structured fibres have been cleaved and characterised to outer diameters as small as ~200 nm. The results are compared with the predicted modes for such structures.
Keywords :
focused ion beam technology; optical fibres; photonic crystals; scanning electron microscopy; silicon compounds; FIB; SEM; SiO2; focused ion beam technique; scanning electron microscope; tapered air-silica fibres; Nanostructures;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610618
