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Selective filling of photonic crystal fibers using focused ion beam milled microchannels

2011; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 19; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/oe.19.017585

1094-4087

Fei Wang, Wu Yuan, Ole Hansen, Ole Bang,

Photonic Crystals and Applications

We introduce a versatile, robust, and integrated technique to selectively fill fluid into a desired pattern of air holes in a photonic crystal fiber (PCF).Focused ion beam (FIB) is used to efficiently mill a microchannel on the end facet of a PCF before it is spliced to a single-mode fiber (SMF).Selected air holes are therefore exposed to the atmosphere through the microchannel for fluid filling.A low-loss in-line tunable optical hybrid fiber device is demonstrated by using such a technique.