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Efficient light confinement to λ/10 spot sizes in optical fibre

Efficient light confinement to λ/10 spot sizes in optical fibre
Efficient light confinement to λ/10 spot sizes in optical fibre
Light confinement beyond the diffraction limit has been achieved in optical fibre tips. We successfully fabricated a gold-coated optical fibre tip with wedge-shaped apex for the efficient excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). An improved transmissivity higher than 10-2 and spot sizes of the order of λ/10 have been obtained by optimizing the overall light throughput along the fibre tip.
Ding, M.
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Ou, J.Y.
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Sessions, Neil
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Jung, Y.
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Brambilla, G.
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Ding, M.
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Ou, J.Y.
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Sessions, Neil
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Jung, Y.
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Ding, M., Ou, J.Y., Sessions, Neil, Jung, Y. and Brambilla, G. (2010) Efficient light confinement to λ/10 spot sizes in optical fibre. ICOCN 2010: 9th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Nanjing, China. 24 - 27 Oct 2010.

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Light confinement beyond the diffraction limit has been achieved in optical fibre tips. We successfully fabricated a gold-coated optical fibre tip with wedge-shaped apex for the efficient excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). An improved transmissivity higher than 10-2 and spot sizes of the order of λ/10 have been obtained by optimizing the overall light throughput along the fibre tip.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2010
Venue - Dates: ICOCN 2010: 9th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Nanjing, China, 2010-10-24 - 2010-10-27
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 206083
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/206083
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ORCID for J.Y. Ou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-6130
ORCID for Y. Jung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4372
ORCID for G. Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:39

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Author: M. Ding
Author: J.Y. Ou ORCID iD
Author: Neil Sessions
Author: Y. Jung ORCID iD
Author: G. Brambilla ORCID iD

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