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Comprehensive fabrication of SNAP microresonators by a femtosecond laser

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posted on 2023-11-30, 20:58 authored by Qi Yu, Zhen Zhang, Xuewen Shu
Surface nanoscale axial photonics (SNAP) microresonators with nanoscale effective radius variation (ERV) along optical fiber axis can be fabricated by inscribing axially oriented lines inside the fiber with a femtosecond laser. The optimization of variable parameters in the femtosecond laser inscription technique is of great significance for flexible and ultra-high precision control of ERV, which is vital to the performance of SNAP devices. Here, we present the first systematical investigation on the relationships between the various controllable fabrication parameters and the introduced ERV of the SNAP microresonators. Specifically, both the qualitative and quantitative processing principles were revealed. As a proof-of-principle, by comprehensively optimizing the fabrication parameters, we realized a SNAP microresonator with the characteristics of both small axial size and maximal ERV, which is almost impossible to realize with other SNAP fabrication techniques. Our work promotes the fs laser inscription technology to be a flexible and versatile approach for fabricating the SNAP devices with ultra-high precision, ultra-low loss and high robustness.

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