The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology is introduced to enhance the sensitivity of optical fiber cladding mode to surrounding refractive index (SRI) variation. The highly uniform Al2O nanofilm was deposited around the double cladding fiber (DCF) which presents cladding mode resonant feature. With the high refractive index coating, the cladding mode resonant spectrum was tuned. And the sen...

Propagation within optical waveguides is re-examined in terms of diffraction-free propagation. The concept of the general diffraction-free mode is introduced. It is suggested that the optimised photonic bandgap waveguide must generate such a mode for loss-free propagation to be achieved. The invention of the ‘‘Fresnel’’ waveguide is described. 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Whe...

The integration of optical components into microfluidic systems has the potential to reduce the amount of bulky external devices and thus reduce the cost. However, one of the challenges of this concept is the accurate alignment of the optical path among multiple optical components inside a chip. We propose a tunable micro-optofluidic prism based on the liquid-core liquid-cladding structure form...

Photonic crystal fibres are novel optical devices that can be designed to guide light of a particular frequency. This requires two phenomena to occur. First, the frequency of light must be in a gap of the spectrum of the fibre’s cladding (usually a periodic arrangement of air holes), so that the cladding acts as a barrier to that frequency of light. Second, the perturbation or defect in the mid...

Smart sensors with excellent performance are accelerating the development of biomedicine and Internet Energy. Nanodielectrics exhibit unique electrical mechanical properties. As predominant materials in optical magnetic field sensor (MFS), they can not only exert anti-interference sensing, but improve measuring characteristics sensors. For instance, fibre quantum probe for obtain a higher sensi...

In this paper we consider the numerical computation of band gaps in photonic crystal fibres. We approximate the solution to a variational eigenvalue problem using the planewave expansion method (spectral Galerkin method). As well as presenting implementation and error analysis results we consider solving a modified problem where the piecewise constant coefficient function is replaced with a smo...

A review of passive components based on optical microfibers is presented. KeywordsOptical fibre tapers; optical microfibers, fibre devices, optical fibre nanowires

A tunable negative-tap photonic microwave filter using a cladding-mode coupler together with optical injection locking of large wavelength detuning is demonstrated. Continuous and precise tunability of the filter is realized by physically sliding a pair of bare fibers inside the cladding-mode coupler. Signal inversion for the negative tap is achieved by optical injection locking of a single-mod...

We have demonstrated the operation of a thin-film thermo-optical beam deflector in a three-layer optical planar waveguide. The fabricated waveguide beam deflector consists of a thin-film SiO2 bottom cladding layer, a thin-film polymer top cladding layer, and alternatively positioned thin-film polymer and silica microprisms as the guiding layer. The beam deflection is achieved through the thermo...

Optical Amplifiers are essentials components in long haul fibre optic system. An amplifier is a electronic device that can increase the power of signal. An Optical Amplifier is effectively the opposite of attenuator while Optical Amplifiers provide gain and attenuator provides loss. When a signal travels in a optical fibre medium the signal suffer from various losses such as fibre losses, atten...