A fractal-based fibre for ultra-high throughput optical probes

S. T. Huntington; B. C. Gibson; J. Canning; K. Digweed-Lyytikäinen; J. D. Love; V. Steblina

doi:10.1364/OE.15.002468

A fractal-based fibre for ultra-high throughput optical probes

S. T. Huntington^*, B. C. Gibson, J. Canning, K. Digweed-Lyytikäinen, J. D. Love, V. Steblina

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Abstract

A core component of all scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) systems is the optical probe, which has evolved greatly but still represents the limiting component for the system. Here, we introduce a new type of optical probe, based on a Fractal Fibre which is a special class of photonic crystal fibre (PCF), to directly address the issue of increasing the optical throughput in SNOM probes. Optical measurements through the Fractal Fibre probes have shown superior power levels to that of conventional SNOM probes. The results presented in this paper suggest that a novel fibre design is critical in order to maximize the potential of the SNOM.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2468-2475
Number of pages	8
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.002468
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2007

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