Optical microfibers functionalized with surface microstructures, have attracted great attentions and been widely used in various optical devices. In this work, we demonstrated a technique to fabricate microstructures on polymer coated optical microfibers via ultraviolet inscription. Optical microfibers were firstly functionalized with ultraviolet photosensitivity by surface PMMA jackets. Microstructures were fabricated on optical microfibers via point-by-point ultraviolet inscription since the photo-etching in PMMA jackets. As an illustration, a 2-mm-long microfiber long period grating (MLPG) with a pitch of 80 μm was inscribed. The diameter of optical microfiber is 5.4 μm and a resonant dip of 15dB was observed at 1377 nm. The MLPG showed a high sensitivity of strain and axial force, i.e., -1.93 pm/με and -867 μN/nm. Sealed by a PMMA housing, the temperature sensitivity of MLPG could be enhanced from -12.75 pm/°C to -385.11 pm/°C. This technique demonstrates ultraviolet inscription of MLPGs and also provides an approach to fabricate microstructures on optical microfiber via ultraviolet exposure.
Based on the spontaneous four wave mixing in micro/nano-fiber (MNF), we report the generation of quantum-correlated
photon pairs. The wavelengths of the signal and idler photons are in the 1310 nm and 851 nm bands, respectively. The
measured ratio between the coincidence and accidental coincidence rates of signal and idler photons is up to 530.
Moreover, we characterize the spectral property of the signal photons in the wavelength range of 1270-1610 nm. The
results reveal that the bandwidth of the photon pairs is much greater than the theoretically expected value due to the
inhomogeneity of the MNF; while the spectrum of Raman scattering in MNF is different from that in conventional
optical fibers and photonic crystal fibers, which may originate from the heating used for fabricating the MNF. Our
investigation shows that the MNF is a promising candidate for developing the sources of quantum light in micro- or
nanometer-scales, and the spectral property of photon pairs can be used to non-invasively test the diameter and
homogeneity of the MNF.
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