Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Southampton
Zinc selenide optical fibers
Significance of output:
This paper describes a method to incorporate crystalline compound semiconductors such as ZnSe into the fibre geometry; an important step towards developing fiberized optoelectronic devices and semiconductor lasers. This is the only semiconductor fiber that can guide over the visible to mid-infrared wavelength range, with potential applications including visual displays, chemical sensing and security. This work was the subject of >15 press articles (http://bg.chem.psu.edu/news.html, e.g., Nature [vol.471, p269 (2011)]), two international invited talks, and joint funding for our world-leading Southampton/Penn State collaboration of ~£1M from EPSRC/NSF (DMR-0806860, 2012-2014) and ~£1M from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (2013-2019).
