Fabrication of surface nanoscale axial photonics structures with a femtosecond laser

Fangcheng Shen, Xuewen Shu, Lin Zhang, M. Sumetsky*

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Abstract

Surface nanoscale axial photonics (SNAP) structures are fabricated with a femtosecond laser for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The inscriptions introduced by the laser pressurize the fiber and cause its nanoscale effective radius variation. We demonstrate the subangstrom precise fabrication of individual and coupled SNAP microresonators having the effective radius variation of several nanometers. Our results pave the way to a novel ultraprecise SNAP fabrication technology based on the femtosecond laser inscription.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2795-2798
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume41
Issue number12
Early online date13 Jun 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2016

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Funding: Royal Society (WM130110); Horizon 2020 (H2020-EU.1.3.3, 691011); Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Director Fund

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