Neil F. Baril

TL;DR: A hybrid technology that integrates key aspects of both engineering disciplines is described, demonstrating the fabrication of tubes, solid nanowires, coaxial heterojunctions, and longitudinally patterned structures composed of metals, single-crystal semiconductors, and polycrystalline elemental or compound semiconductor within microstructured silica optical fibers.

TL;DR: In this paper, optical transmission measurements of various amorphous and polycrystalline core materials were performed in order to determine their linear losses and incorporation of silicon functionality inside the fiber geometry opens up new possibilities for the next generation of integrated silicon photonics devices.

TL;DR: Calculation of a nonlinear figure of merit demonstrates the potential for these hydrogenated amorphous silicon core fibers to be used in nonlinear silicon photonics applications.

TL;DR: Amorphous silicon is deposited within optical fibers by a high pressure microfluidic deposition process and characterized via Raman spectroscopy as discussed by the authors, and all-optical modulation of 1.55 µm light guided through the silicon core is demonstrated using the free carrier absorption generated by a 532 nm pump pulse.

TL;DR: It is reported that deposition in confined micro-/nanoreactors overcomes the challenge in producing a-Si:H precursor, allowing for the use of silane concentrations many orders of magnitude higher than conventionally employed while still realizing well-developed films.