Spectral characteristics of side face excited microstructured fibers for photonic integrated circuits formations

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel approach to mass-producing photonic crystal devices using microstructured optical fibers, focusing on their spectral properties for potential use as high-quality resonance filters in photonic circuits.

Contribution

It presents a new method leveraging existing fiber technology to create planar photonic crystal devices, specifically exploring side-excited microstructured fibers for integrated photonics.

Findings

Optical properties of side-excited microstructured fibers analyzed

Conditions for using these fibers as high-quality resonance filters identified

Potential for integration into photonic circuits demonstrated

Abstract

We propose a new method for mass production of the photonic crystal devices on the basis of widely-known and well-developed technology such as microstructured optical fibers. In this paper, we investigate the optical properties of side-excited microstructured optical fiber and discuss the conditions for utilization such a structure as a planar photonic crystal device, namely, the high-quality resonance filter.