Research report 2009 - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Photonic Crystal Fibres
Authors
Euser, Tijmen; Joly, Nicolas; Nazarkin, Alexander; Russell, Philip; Scharrer, Michael; Schmidt, Markus
Departments
Photonik und neue Materialien (Prof. Dr. Philip Russell)
MPI für die Physik des Lichts, Erlangen
Summary
Abstract
Microstructured photonic crystal fibres (PCF) provide new ways to guide light, permitting for example tight confinement of laser light in a hollow core. We report recent developments in three research areas: laser guidance of particles in liquid-filled hollow core PCF, laser frequency conversion in hydrogen gas, and in-fibre arrays of metal and glass nanowires.