Specialty optical fibers: an overview by Sylvain Danto, ICMCB

Monday 8 september, 4:00-5:00 pm

ABSTRACT : In widespread popular outlook, fiber optic remains as a long thin stretch of silica glass constituting the backbone for long-haul modern telecommunication systems. Yet, beyond its more preeminent success, fiber optic technology has found numerous other applications ranging fiber lasers, dispersion tailoring, monitoring and so on. In the meantime, new fiber paradigms have emerged, improving or even expanding functionalities beyond the scope of optic. Multi-material fibers are now routinely fabricated, with functionalities spanning photo-thermal detection, electronics or acoustics. The fiber drawing itself has become a promising alternative for producing large-area, scalable micro-structured devices. Here we will review recent achievements in the field of "Specialty optical fibers"; fundamentals, fabrication processes, applications and perspectives will be presented.