Silicon optical fibres – past, present, and future

Crystalline GaSb-core optical fibers with room-temperature photoluminescence

“…The literature on Group IV semiconductor-core glass fibers is now significant [1][2][3][4][5], including processing improvements [6][7][8] and device demonstrations [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. There are also reports on both SiGe alloy and II-VI core fibers [18][19][20][21][22][23], one including low temperature photoluminescence [21].…”

Glass and Process Development for the Next Generation of Optical Fibers: A Review

“…The potential to bring together silicon photonics with the enhanced nonlinearities and infrared (IR) transparency of semiconductors in a fiber format has generated considerable global attention to this new field. A number of papers reviewing the advances on this topic have been published to which the reader is referred [90][91][92][93][94][95][96]. The focus here is a summary of the materials' development, optimization and utilization of semiconductor optical fibers.…”

GaSb-core optical fibers

“…The literature on Group IV semiconductor-core glass fibers is now significant [1][2][3][4][5], including processing improvements [6][7][8] and device demonstrations [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. There are also reports on both SiGe alloy and II-VI core fibers [18][19][20][21][22][23], one including low temperature photoluminescence [21].…”