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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Leo TsuiORCiD, Dr Dumitru Sirbu, Dr Nathan Hill, Dr Pablo Docampo, Professor Noel HealyORCiD
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Semiconductor core optical fibers are highly desirable for fiber-based photonic and optoelectronic applications as they can combine strong optical nonlinearities, tight light confinement, wide transmission bands, and electronic functionality within a single platform. Perovskites have emerged as particularly exciting materials for semiconductor photonics as they have strong optical nonlinearities and tunable optoelectronic bandgaps. However, lead-based perovskites contain toxic elements and are, therefore, not environmentally friendly. Furthermore, in fiber form, their core-size is prohibitively large, making them unsuitable for nonlinear optics and applications that require single-mode guidance, such as telecommunications. Here, we report a metal-free perovskite core optical fiber where lead has been substituted for an ammonium cation in the perovskite structure. The core material has a wide bandgap greater than 5 eV, a high laser damage threshold, and a core diameter that can be produced as small as 5 µm. At this core size, the fiber supports just six modes, and the fundamental mode can readily be excited and isolated. Moreover, the metal-free perovskite has a second-order susceptibility that is absent in the archetypal lead-based perovskites and many other semiconductor core materials, such as silicon and germanium. The second-order susceptibility is important for many nonlinear optics applications, such as second-harmonic generation and quantum optics.
Author(s): Tsui HCL, Sirbu D, Alsaif N, Hill N, Tizzard G, Docampo P, Healy N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: APL Photonics
Year: 2024
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Online publication date: 07/03/2024
Acceptance date: 19/02/2024
Date deposited: 08/03/2024
ISSN (electronic): 2378-0967
Publisher: AIP Publishing
URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0186789
DOI: 10.1063/5.0186789
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