Broadband infrared and THz transmitting silicon core optical fiberShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Optical Materials Express, E-ISSN 2159-3930, Vol. 10, no 10, p. 2491-2499Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Silicon waveguide structures are a viable alternative for the transmission of signals over a wide range of frequencies, and new fabrication methods are key to increased applications. In this work, THz transparency of silicon-core, silica clad fibers, refined using a traveling solvent method, is demonstrated. The approximate to 200 mu m core of these fibers is shown to have good transmission from 4.8-9 mu m and 1-7 THz. Fibers were drawn on a conventional optical fiber tower using the scalable molten core technique and CO2 laser annealed, resulting in large-grain crystalline cores with broadband transmission. The spectral properties are comparable to those of rectangular guides of similar cross-sectional area cut from high resistivity float zone silicon wafers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
The Optical Society , 2020. Vol. 10, no 10, p. 2491-2499
National Category
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285724DOI: 10.1364/OME.403591ISI: 000578026100006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091992238OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-285724DiVA, id: diva2:1504088
Note
QC 20201126
2020-11-262020-11-262024-09-04Bibliographically approved