Micromachining structured optical fibers using focused ion beam milling
Materials Science
2016-09-02 v1
Abstract
A focused ion beam is used to mill side holes in air-silica structured fibres. By way of example, side holes are introduced in two types of air-structured fibres (1) a photonic crystal four-ring fibre and (2) a 6-hole single ring step index structured fibre.
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@article{arxiv.1609.00267,
title = {Micromachining structured optical fibers using focused ion beam milling},
author = {C. Martelli and P. Olivero and J. Canning and N. Groothoff and B. Gibson and S. Huntington},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.00267},
year = {2016}
}
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15 pages, 4 figures