title: Fabrication and study of bent and coiled free silica nanowires: Self-coupling microloop optical interferometer.
abstract: We fabricated nanometer- and micrometer-order diameter optical fibers (NMOFs) by drawing them in a microfurnace comprising a sapphire tube heated with a CO(2) laser. Using very short - a few mm long - fiber biconical tapers having a submicron waist, which can be bent locally in a free space by translation of the taper ends, we studied the effect of bending and looping on the transmission characteristics of a free NMOF. In particular, we have demonstrated an optical interferometer built of a coiled self-coupling NMOF.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumetsky
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dulashko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hale