Design and Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Made of Water

Mark L. Douvidzon; Shai Maayani; Leopoldo L. Martin; Tal Carmon

doi:10.3791/58174

Design and Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Made of Water

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Design and Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Made of Water

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November 8, 2018

DOI: 10.3791/58174-v

Mark L. Douvidzon¹, Shai Maayani², Leopoldo L. Martin³, Tal Carmon⁴

¹Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI),Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, ²Department of Material Sciences and Engineering,MIT, ³Centro de Tecnologia Nanofotónica,Universitat Politècnica de València, ⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

This protocol describes the design and manufacture of a water bridge and its activation as a water fiber. The experiment demonstrates that capillary resonances of the water fiber modulate its optical transmission.

This method describes the creation of a water bridge and its actuation as a water fiber. The water fiber has no cloudy material and is freely floating in air. The significance of the water fiber is that it co-confines capillary and electromagnetic waves and therefore opens a new playground for research in the interactions between light and liquid well devices.

Obtain two PMMA plates to make the reservoirs. Cut each plate to the same size and drill cavities on one side of each in a triangular patterns. The cavities should be seven millimeters in diameter and eight millimeters deep.

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