Polycrystalline silicon optical fibers with atomically smooth surfaces
Polycrystalline silicon optical fibers with atomically smooth surfaces
We investigate the surface roughness of polycrystalline silicon core optical fibers fabricated using a high-pressure chemical deposition technique. By measuring the optical transmission of two fibers with different core sizes, we will show that scattering from the core–cladding interface has a negligible effect on the losses. A Zemetrics ZeScope three-dimensional optical profiler has been used to directly measure the surface of the core material, confirming a roughness of only ±0.1nm. The ability to fabricate low-loss polysilicon optical fibers with ultrasmooth cores scalable to submicrometer dimensions should establish their use in a range of nonlinear optical applications
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Healy, Noel
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Lagonigro, Laura
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Sparks, Justin R.
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Boden, Stuart
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Sazio, Pier J.A.
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Badding, John V.
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Peacock, Anna C.
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July 2011
Healy, Noel
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Lagonigro, Laura
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Sparks, Justin R.
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Boden, Stuart
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Sazio, Pier J.A.
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Badding, John V.
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Peacock, Anna C.
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Healy, Noel, Lagonigro, Laura, Sparks, Justin R., Boden, Stuart, Sazio, Pier J.A., Badding, John V. and Peacock, Anna C.
(2011)
Polycrystalline silicon optical fibers with atomically smooth surfaces.
Optics Letters, 36 (13), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.36.002480).
Abstract
We investigate the surface roughness of polycrystalline silicon core optical fibers fabricated using a high-pressure chemical deposition technique. By measuring the optical transmission of two fibers with different core sizes, we will show that scattering from the core–cladding interface has a negligible effect on the losses. A Zemetrics ZeScope three-dimensional optical profiler has been used to directly measure the surface of the core material, confirming a roughness of only ±0.1nm. The ability to fabricate low-loss polysilicon optical fibers with ultrasmooth cores scalable to submicrometer dimensions should establish their use in a range of nonlinear optical applications
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Published date: July 2011
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/192525
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