Title :
Highly efficient light collecting devices utilizing a nanofiber tip
Author :
Chonan, Sho ; Kato, Shigeo ; Aoki, Toyohiro
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Adv. Sci. & Technol., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We have performed numerical simulations of light collecting devices utilizing a silica nanofiber tip. Up to 39% of light from a point dipole source can be coupled to the fundamental guided mode of the nanofiber.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; optical fibre couplers; silicon compounds; coupling efficiency; finite difference time-domain analysis; fundamental guided mode; light collecting devices; point dipole source; silica nanofiber tip; Couplings; Nanoscale devices; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600617
