Colloidal photonic crystal cladded optical fibers: Towards a new type of photonic band gap fiber | Zendy

Jianzhao Li | Zendy; Peter Herman | Zendy; Christopher E. Valdivia | Zendy; Vladimir Kitaev | Zendy; Geoffrey A. Ozin | Zendy

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Colloidal photonic crystal cladded optical fibers: Towards a new type of photonic band gap fiber

Author(s) -

Jianzhao Li,

Peter Herman,

Christopher E. Valdivia,

Vladimir Kitaev,

Geoffrey A. Ozin

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.006454

Subject(s) - photonic crystal , materials science , yablonovite , photonic crystal fiber , optics , microstructured optical fiber , photonics , optoelectronics , optical fiber , colloidal crystal , scanning electron microscope , photonic integrated circuit , fiber , plastic optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , wavelength , colloid , composite material , physics , chemistry

A facile approach of fabricating a new type of hollow photonic band gap fibers is proposed. Templates for generating such fibers are demonstrated by a complete and uniform coating of a standard silica optical fiber (125 mum diameter) with a three-dimensional colloidal photonic crystal through isothermal heating evaporation induced self-assembly. The photonic crystal cylindrical annulus is characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy, and is found to yield a 1.4-mum stop band by optical reflection and transmission spectroscopy. The results also demonstrate a practical means of enveloping macro- or micro-curved surfaces with three-dimensional photonic crystals, a task that is geometrically challenging by other photonic crystal fabrication methods.

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