Microtips at photonic crystal fibers as functional elements for near-field scanning optical microscopy probes

The polymer converter for effectively connecting polymer with silica optical fibres

“…Process of photo− polymerization progresses due to exposition of the mixture to the light and a polymer bridge appears as the junction between two fibres. The final structure of microbridges, their shape and width depend on the shape of guiding modes in structure, used light power, as well as exposure time [19,20,25]. Required length of the polymer junction can be obtained by moving apart fibres to a suitable distance.…”

“…Although there are similar works on this topic for instance [24], in author's opinion it is the first report on pre− paring such polymer structures for connecting POFs with SOFs which could be a permanent efficient polymeric con− nection of such structures using method described previ− ously only for SMFs [25] targeted at production of the mi− crobridge as the sensor element [26,27], as well. Authors believe that such microstructures could find potential appli− cations in data communications [28], sensor technology [22], and even in works according optical interconnects [29].…”