All-fiber devices based on photonic crystal fibers with integrated electrodes.
A special kind of microstructured optical fiber is proposed and fabricated in which, in addition to the holey region (solid core and silica-air cladding), two large holes exist for electrode insertion. Either Bi-Sn or Au- Sn alloys were selectively inserted into the large holes forming two parallel, continuous and homogeneous internal electrodes. We demonstrate the production of a monolithic device and its use to externally control some of the guidance properties (e.g. polarization) of the fiber.
Chesini
Giancarlo
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Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Cordeiro
Cristiano M B
CM
de Matos
Christiano J S
CJ
Fokine
Michael
M
Carvalho
Isabel C S
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Knight
J C
JC