One-Dimensional Programmable Polymeric Microfiber Waveguide with Optically Reconfigurable Photonic Functions

• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b22140
• Publication Date: 2019-04-09T12:31:02Z
• Authors: Hongyan Xia; Junjie Cheng; Liangfu Zhu; Kang Xie; Qijin Zhang; Douguo Zhang; Gang Zou
• Keywords: Microfiber; Waveguide; Optical computing

Programmable materials and reconfigurable photonic components, which can change their physicochemical properties functionalities upon external stimuli, are a major topic of interest in modern science. However, most conventional components rely heavily on mechanical deformation, restricting application. Herein, novel strategy based dynamically tunable fluorescence resonance energy transfer process to design fabricate programmable fluorescent micropatterns within single polymer microfiber is proposed. A set (including optical switchable waveguide systems, analogies diodes transistors, as well one-dimensional (1D) encoding) be achieved polymeric straightforwardly, such written, erased, rewritten 1D binary patterns with tailored stimuli. These results might great fundamental value for the rational devices numerous potential applications highly integrated communication computing devices.