Conference Proceedings
Nanostructures in tapered air-silica fibres
CM Rollinson, ST Huntington, BC Gibson, S Rubanov, J Canning
2008 Joint Conference of the Opto Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology Oecc Acoft 2008 | IEEE | Published : 2008
Abstract
Using a combined Focused Ion Beam (FIB) and Scanning Electon Microscope (SEM) technique, tapered air-silica structured fibres have been cleaved and characterised to outer diameters as small as -200 nm. The results are compared with the predicted modes for such structures.