1. Compact Hexagonal Liquid Core PCF Package Using a Hollow Optical Fiber
- Author
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Seungryong Han, Kyunghwan Oh, Young Min Jhon, Tavakol Nazari Baresari, Jihyun Hwang, and Jiyoung Park
- Subjects
Materials science ,Optical fiber ,business.industry ,Hexagonal crystal system ,Single-mode optical fiber ,Evaporation ,Physics::Optics ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,law.invention ,Physics::Fluid Dynamics ,010309 optics ,020210 optoelectronics & photonics ,Pedestal ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Optoelectronics ,Tube (fluid conveyance) ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business ,Refractive index ,Photonic-crystal fiber - Abstract
We proposed and demonstrated a novel method to package liquid-core hexagonal photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) by utilizing a hollow optical fiber (HOF) not only as a liquid delivery tube but also as a light launching pedestal. Compact all-fiber packaging with single mode fiber input and output was experimentally achieved. Various configurations of liquid core PCFs were demonstrated by controlling the inner diameter of HOF and offsets. Based on numerical analyses and light launching experiments, we confirmed that this method could substantially enhance the light–liquid interaction efficiency, structurally prevent liquid evaporation within PCF, and providing a new versatile liquid core PCF device platform.
- Published
- 2018