Title :
Ultra-high Throughput Optical Probes based on Fractal Fibre
Author :
Gibson, Brant ; Rollinson, Claire ; Huntington, Shane ; Canning, John ; Stevenson, Michael ; Lyytikainen, Katja ; Love, John ; Steblina, Victoria
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
Abstract :
A new type of optical probe, based on a fractal fibre which is a special class of photonic crystal fibre (PCF), is introduced to directly address the issue of increasing the optical throughput in SNOM probes.
Keywords :
fractals; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical fibres; photonic crystals; SNOM probes; fractal fibre; photonic crystal fibre; ultrahigh throughput optical probes; Apertures; Australia; Coatings; Fractals; Manufacturing; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical microscopy; Probes; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519103
