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Oscillating bubbles at the tips of optical fibers in liquid nitrogen

Oscillating bubbles at the tips of optical fibers in liquid nitrogen
Oscillating bubbles at the tips of optical fibers in liquid nitrogen
We report that a bubble with a radius of a few micrometers may be created at a precise location on a metal-coated optical fiber tip immersed in liquid nitrogen by microsecond optical pulses with peak powers of less than 20 mW. Dynamic optical measurements reveal that after termination of the optical pulse the bubble exhibits stable oscillations for several tens of microseconds, at frequencies up to several megahertz, as it slowly collapses.
Bubbles, Optical fibre, Liquid nitrogen
1539-3755
027301-[3pp]
MacDonald, K.F.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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Pochon, S.
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Soares, B.F.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Guignard, C.
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Mihaescu, A.
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Besnard, P.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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Soares, B.F.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Guignard, C.
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MacDonald, K.F., Fedotov, V.A., Pochon, S., Soares, B.F., Zheludev, N.I., Guignard, C., Mihaescu, A. and Besnard, P. (2003) Oscillating bubbles at the tips of optical fibers in liquid nitrogen. Physical Review E, 68 (2), 027301-[3pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.027301).

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Abstract

We report that a bubble with a radius of a few micrometers may be created at a precise location on a metal-coated optical fiber tip immersed in liquid nitrogen by microsecond optical pulses with peak powers of less than 20 mW. Dynamic optical measurements reveal that after termination of the optical pulse the bubble exhibits stable oscillations for several tens of microseconds, at frequencies up to several megahertz, as it slowly collapses.

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Published date: 22 August 2003
Keywords: Bubbles, Optical fibre, Liquid nitrogen

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Local EPrints ID: 28700
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28700
ISSN: 1539-3755
PURE UUID: e74b093e-2cf5-4f75-bfb4-efc706a97519
ORCID for K.F. MacDonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2976
ORCID for N.I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 05 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:10

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Author: K.F. MacDonald ORCID iD
Author: V.A. Fedotov
Author: S. Pochon
Author: B.F. Soares
Author: N.I. Zheludev ORCID iD
Author: C. Guignard
Author: A. Mihaescu
Author: P. Besnard

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