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Deposition of electronic and plasmonic materials inside microstructured optical fibres

Deposition of electronic and plasmonic materials inside microstructured optical fibres
Deposition of electronic and plasmonic materials inside microstructured optical fibres
Optical fibres are the transport medium of today's digital information. However, current telecommunications fibre systems require external solid state circuits to generate, amplify, receive, and manipulate the light. The fusion of the two technologies, namely fibre photonics and semiconductor electronics is expected to have a major impact on next generation of optoelectronic devices, exploiting both the guiding capabilities of optical fibres and the processing properties of semiconductors devices. Only recently, with the advent of microstructured optical fibres and templating material processing methods, it has been possible to create optical fibres with solid-state material inclusions. TEM, SEM and micro-Raman analysis was used to determine the structural characteristics of silicon and germanium modified microstructured optical fibres. These studies demonstrate that single crystal, poly-crystalline and amorphous semiconductors can be conformally deposited within the capillary voids of microstructured optical fibres. As a step towards fibre-integrated optoelectronic devices, it is demonstrated that in-fibre silicon and germanium wires and tubes can function as field effect transistors and light waveguides.
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Won, D.J.
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Gopalan, V.
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Badding, J.V.
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Amezcua-Correa, A., Peacock, A.C., Baril, N.F., Calkins, J.A., Won, D.J., Gopalan, V., Badding, J.V. and Sazio, P.J.A. (2007) Deposition of electronic and plasmonic materials inside microstructured optical fibres. Institute of Physics: Electro-active Materials, Cranfield, UK. 20 Sep 2007. 1 pp .

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Abstract

Optical fibres are the transport medium of today's digital information. However, current telecommunications fibre systems require external solid state circuits to generate, amplify, receive, and manipulate the light. The fusion of the two technologies, namely fibre photonics and semiconductor electronics is expected to have a major impact on next generation of optoelectronic devices, exploiting both the guiding capabilities of optical fibres and the processing properties of semiconductors devices. Only recently, with the advent of microstructured optical fibres and templating material processing methods, it has been possible to create optical fibres with solid-state material inclusions. TEM, SEM and micro-Raman analysis was used to determine the structural characteristics of silicon and germanium modified microstructured optical fibres. These studies demonstrate that single crystal, poly-crystalline and amorphous semiconductors can be conformally deposited within the capillary voids of microstructured optical fibres. As a step towards fibre-integrated optoelectronic devices, it is demonstrated that in-fibre silicon and germanium wires and tubes can function as field effect transistors and light waveguides.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2007
Venue - Dates: Institute of Physics: Electro-active Materials, Cranfield, UK, 2007-09-20 - 2007-09-20

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Local EPrints ID: 49806
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/49806
PURE UUID: 1d3e8249-b4fb-49b1-9da4-b33a8cfc29a3
ORCID for A.C. Peacock: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-7172
ORCID for P.J.A. Sazio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-9266

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Date deposited: 05 Dec 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: A. Amezcua-Correa
Author: A.C. Peacock ORCID iD
Author: N.F. Baril
Author: J.A. Calkins
Author: D.J. Won
Author: V. Gopalan
Author: J.V. Badding
Author: P.J.A. Sazio ORCID iD

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