Miniature all-fiber devices based on CO2 laser micro structuring of tapered fibers

Authors
Kakarantzas, G Dimmick, TE Birks, TA Le Roux, R Russell, PSJ
Citation
G. Kakarantzas et al., Miniature all-fiber devices based on CO2 laser micro structuring of tapered fibers, OPTICS LETT, 26(15), 2001, pp. 1137-1139
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
15
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1137 - 1139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010801)26:15<1137:MADBOC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A focused carbon dioxide laser beam is used to microstructure fibers that h ave 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 p eriodic chain of microtapers, and a new type of prolate whispering-gallery mode microcavity. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.