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Chiral fibres

Adding twist

Twisting and microforming an optical fibre provides it with unique chiral properties that are useful for polarization control, harsh-environment sensing and dense multichannel coupling to photonic integrated circuits.

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Figure 1: Chiral fibres.
Figure 2: Chiral fibre-based devices.
Figure 3: Pitch-reducing optical fibre array (PROFA).

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The authors acknowledge contributions from the Chiral Photonics team, led by D. Neugroschl and J. Singer.

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Kopp, V., Genack, A. Adding twist. Nature Photon 5, 470–472 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.158

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