Fabrication of GaSb Optical Fibers

Scott, Brian; Pickrell, Gary

doi:10.1002/9781118744109.ch7

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“…An important feature of the molten core method is the vast range of crystalline semiconductors (and novel inorganic glasses) phases that can be realized [12]. To-date, relevant to this paper, examples include crystalline cores of Si [10], Ge [23], SiGe [24], InSb [25], GaSb [26,27], Si-GaSb [28], biphasic metal / semiconductor (GaSb and Si) systems [29], GaAs [30], and recent preliminary efforts with ZnSe and InP [31]. A thorough review of the materials science and range of core phases can be found in Ref.…”

Section: Semiconductor Fiber Materials Fabrication and Post-processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fifteen years of nonlinear semiconductor optical fibers: a review of past, present, and future

Ballato,

Peacock

2024

Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XXIII

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First reported in 2006 and scaled to long and practical lengths in 2008, semiconductor core optical fibers have matured from basic material and fiber fabrication explorations to a diverse range of practical applications. The ability to bring many on-chip optoelectronic functions inside an optical fiber offers many benefits. This paper begins with a brief historical review of semiconductor fibers, the principal fiber fabrication approaches employed, and the range of material system realized. From there, the nonlinear properties and approaches to their optimization will be discussed along with a range of nonlinear in-fiber devices that have been reported in both telecom and mid-infrared spectral regions. Lastly, ongoing challenges and musings on future semiconductor fiber materials, devices, and performance will be made leveraging their significant benefits in terms of their flexibility, power handling, wavelength coverage, and general ease of use over competing fiber and on-chip platforms.

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Section: Semiconductor Fiber Materials Fabrication and Post-processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fifteen years of nonlinear semiconductor optical fibers: a review of past, present, and future

Ballato,

Peacock

2024

Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XXIII

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“…It is worth noting that beyond SCFs, a variety of fibers with alternative crystalline semiconductor core materials have also been fabricated and studied, including germanium [22], silicongermanium [23], indium antimonide [24], gallium antimonide [25,26], gallium arsenide [27], zinc selenide and indium phosphide [28]. Interestingly, by offering access to different transmission windows and, in some cases, second order nonlinear processes, these alternative core materials could greatly expand the application potential of the semiconductor fiber platform, assuming the transmission losses can be optimized to have similar values to the SCFs.…”

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Silicon Core Fibers for Nonlinear Photonics: Applications and Emerging Trends

Huang,

Wu,

Ren

et al. 2024

J. Lightwave Technol.

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Over the past two decades silicon core fibers (SCF) have emerged as a promising platform for use in nonlinear photonic applications. By harnessing the unique optical properties of the crystalline silicon core directly within the fiber geometry, it is possible to imagine compact and low power nonlinear systems that are immediately compatible with existing fiber infrastructures. This paper reviews the recent advances in the development and application of SCFs for nonlinear optical processing and source generation. Particular focus will be placed on novel device designs that benefit from the fiber geometry and post-processing procedures that facilitate integration with existing components.

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“…We envision that, combined with the ability to integrate multiple material platforms [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] , VLSI-Fi will form a complete, non-CMOS 18 approach to the fabrication of photonic circuits, potentially surpassing in complexity those enabled by CMOS-compatible techniques 19 and addressing a number of standing challenges in Quantum Interconnects (QuIC) 20 . As a result, we are proposing a method for the creation of fibers that can integrate the multitude of existing platforms into the Quantum Internet of Things (QIoT).…”

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Creating fiber-embedded photonic circuitry by liquid-phase structuring of multi-material cores

Lima

Leffel

Zheng

et al. 2023

Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI

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Multi-material fibers are a promising platform for integrating nanoscale structures into macroscale photonic systems due to their unique aspect ratio: fiber cores can be kilometers long and sub-micrometric in their cross-section simultaneously. We are introducing Very Large-Scale Integration for Fibers (or, in short, VLSI-Fi) – manufacturing of integrated photonic circuits in a fiber analogous to VLSI from the microelectronics realm. VLSI-Fi starts with a thermal draw of the 3D printed preform, defining the cross-sectional geometry of the fiber, followed by the axial patterning of the fiber cores into arrays of integrated devices using a material-selective spatially coherent capillary breakup1,2 . Additional control over the photonic and electronic properties of devices is accomplished through segregation-driven control of doping. The result is a fiber-embedded integrated photonic circuit with user-defined 3D architecture providing the desired functionality. We argue that the capillary breakup of a viscous thread, nonlinear and often chaotic, becomes predictable if the axial symmetry of the thread viscosity is broken. We found that the capillary breakup of semiconducting fiber cores initiated by feeding the fiber through a spot-like liquefaction zone results in deterministic photonic and optoelectronic structures, such as gratings and spherical resonators. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate a selective breakup of a silicon core in fiber with one silicon and one vanadium core into an array of spherical silicon resonators, with a vanadium electrode flanking those resonators for electrical tuning of their resonant frequencies. Such cascaded resonators are a nontrivial example of photonic circuitry implemented in fiber using a non-CMOS approach.

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Fabrication of GaSb Optical Fibers

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Fifteen years of nonlinear semiconductor optical fibers: a review of past, present, and future

Fifteen years of nonlinear semiconductor optical fibers: a review of past, present, and future

Silicon Core Fibers for Nonlinear Photonics: Applications and Emerging Trends

Creating fiber-embedded photonic circuitry by liquid-phase structuring of multi-material cores

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