Miniature all-fiber devices based on CO(2) laser microstructuring of tapered fibers.

Autor: Kakarantzas G, Dimmick TE, Birks TA, Le Roux R, Russell PS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2001 Aug 01; Vol. 26 (15), pp. 1137-9.
DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.001137
Abstrakt: A focused carbon dioxide laser beam is used to microstructure fibers that have already been narrowed by conventional fiber tapering. We describe three new miniature devices made with this technique: a fused fiber microcoupler with an interaction length of 200 mum, a long-period grating made from a periodic chain of microtapers, and a new type of prolate whispering-gallery mode microcavity.
Databáze: MEDLINE