Title :
Rocking Filter Formation in Non-Photosensitive Highly Birefringent Photonic Crystal Fibres
Author :
Kakarantzas, G. ; Ortigosa-Blanch, A. ; Birks, T.A. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. J St
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath
Abstract :
Efficient rocking filters have been fabricated in polarisation maintaining non-photosensitive photonic crystal fibre. The filters were prepared using periodic mechanical twisting and heating using a scanned CO2 laser beam
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; CO2; CO2 laser beam; heating; highly birefringent photonic crystal fibres; mechanical twisting; polarisation maintaining fibres; rocking filter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8