Brillouin spectroscopy of optical microfibers and nanofibers

Observation of surface acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in optical microfibers

We report the observation of surface-acoustic-wave Brillouin scattering (SAWBS) in a subwavelength-diameter fiber and show that this effect relies on the generation by the electrostrictive force of phonons confined at the surface of the microwire. OCIS codes: 290.5900, 060.4370, 160.6030 Brillouin scattering between sound and light waves has been extensively investigated in optical fibers. It i...

Highly birefringent optical microfibers.

Highly birefringent (Hi-Bi) air-clad silica microfibers (MFs) with wavelength and sub-wavelength scale transverse dimensions are studied theoretically and experimentally. Hi-Bi MFs are taper-drawn from the standard SMF-28 single mode fibers that are "pre-processed" by "cutting away" parts of the silica cladding on opposite sides of the fiber with a femtosecond infrared laser. Such Hi-Bi MFs hav...

Spectroscopy of Polyaniline Nanofibers

Spectroscopy, Structural, and Optical Investigations of NiFe2O4 Ferrite

Ni ferrite crystalline material is synthesized using a sol-gel method at two different temperatures. The vibrational and stretching modes, crystalline phase, size distribution and morphology of the products are investigated via Raman back-scattering and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, XRD and FESEM, respectively. Vibrational modes of spinel ferrite are observed at Raman and FTIR...

Fiber Bragg gratings in optical microfibers