Ultrathin Optical Fiber Applications for Quantum Technologies

Síle Nic Chormaic

Published Sep 18, 2018• 0 citations

Abstract

Ultrathin optical fibers (see Fig. 1), with diameters on the order of the propagating light wavelength, have already demonstrated their versatility across a number of different areas, such as sensing, microparticle manipulation, cold atom physics, and as optical couplers.

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