Femtosecond laser-assisted selective infiltration of microstructured optical fibers.
A new method of selectively infiltrating microstructured optical fibers with the assistance of femtosecond laser micromachining is presented. With this technique, any type of air-holes in the cross-section of the microstructured optical fibers can be selectively infiltrated with liquids, which opens up a highly efficient, precise, flexible and reliable way of selective infiltrating and has high potential in the fabrication of novel hybrid-structured optical fibers and the devices based on them.
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Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D055100:Optical Fibers