3D printed waveguides based on photonic crystal fiber designs for complex fiber-end photonic devices
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ArticleAuthors
Bertoncini, Andrea
Liberale, Carlo

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Label-Free Optical Microscopy for Biology Lab
KAUST Grant Number
BAS/1/1064-01-01Date
2020-10-27Preprint Posting Date
2020-09-07Online Publication Date
2020-10-27Print Publication Date
2020-11-20Submitted Date
2020-05-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665966
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Optical waveguide segments based on geometrically unbound photonic crystal fiber (PCF) designs could be exploited as building blocks to realize miniaturized complex devices that implement advanced photonic operations. Here, we show how to fabricate optical waveguide segments with PCF designs by direct high-resolution 3D printing and how the combination of these segments can realize complex photonic devices. We demonstrate the unprecedented precision and flexibility of our method by fabricating the first-ever fiber polarizing beam splitter based on PCFs. The device was directly printed in one step on the end-face of a standard single-mode fiber and was 210 µm long, offering broadband operation in the optical telecommunications C-band. Our approach harnesses the potential of high-resolution 3D printing and of PCF designs paving the way for the development of novel miniaturized complex photonic systems, which will positively impact and advance optical telecommunications, sensor technology, and biomedical devices.Citation
Bertoncini, A., & Liberale, C. (2020). 3D printed waveguides based on photonic crystal fiber designs for complex fiber-end photonic devices. Optica, 7(11), 1487. doi:10.1364/optica.397281Sponsors
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (BAS/1/1064-01-01).Publisher
The Optical SocietyJournal
OpticaarXiv
2009.04209Additional Links
https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?URI=optica-7-11-1487ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1364/OPTICA.397281