Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry
Fibres with electronic and photonic properties are essential building blocks for functional fabrics with system level attributes. The scalability of thermal fibre drawing approach offers access to large device quantities, while constraining the devices to be translational symmetric. Lifting this sym...
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| author | Rein, Michael Levy, Etgar Claude Gumennik, Alexander Abouraddy, Ayman F Joannopoulos, John Fink, Yoel |
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| description | Fibres with electronic and photonic properties are essential building blocks for functional fabrics with system level attributes. The scalability of thermal fibre drawing approach offers access to large device quantities, while constraining the devices to be translational symmetric. Lifting this symmetry to create discrete devices in fibres will increase their utility. Here, we draw, from a macroscopic preform, fibres that have three parallel internal non-contacting continuous domains; a semiconducting glass between two conductors. We then heat the fibre and generate a capillary fluid instability, resulting in the selective transformation of the cylindrical semiconducting domain into discrete spheres while keeping the conductive domains unchanged. The cylindrical-to-spherical expansion bridges the continuous conducting domains to create ∼10⁴ self-assembled, electrically contacted and entirely packaged discrete spherical devices per metre of fibre. The photodetection and Mie resonance dependent response are measured by illuminating the fibre while connecting its ends to an electrical readout. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1081522022-10-02T06:56:40Z Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry Rein, Michael Levy, Etgar Claude Gumennik, Alexander Abouraddy, Ayman F Joannopoulos, John Fink, Yoel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics Rein, Michael Levy, Etgar Claude Gumennik, Alexander Abouraddy, Ayman F Joannopoulos, John Fink, Yoel Fibres with electronic and photonic properties are essential building blocks for functional fabrics with system level attributes. The scalability of thermal fibre drawing approach offers access to large device quantities, while constraining the devices to be translational symmetric. Lifting this symmetry to create discrete devices in fibres will increase their utility. Here, we draw, from a macroscopic preform, fibres that have three parallel internal non-contacting continuous domains; a semiconducting glass between two conductors. We then heat the fibre and generate a capillary fluid instability, resulting in the selective transformation of the cylindrical semiconducting domain into discrete spheres while keeping the conductive domains unchanged. The cylindrical-to-spherical expansion bridges the continuous conducting domains to create ∼10⁴ self-assembled, electrically contacted and entirely packaged discrete spherical devices per metre of fibre. The photodetection and Mie resonance dependent response are measured by illuminating the fibre while connecting its ends to an electrical readout. National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (DMR-1419807) United States. Army Research Office. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (contract number W911NF-13-D-0001) United States. Air Force Medical Service 2017-04-13T21:18:59Z 2017-04-13T21:18:59Z 2016-10 2016-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2041-1723 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108152 Rein, Michael, Etgar Levy, Alexander Gumennik, Ayman F. Abouraddy, John Joannopoulos, and Yoel Fink. “Self-Assembled Fibre Optoelectronics with Discrete Translational Symmetry.” Nature Communications 7 (October 4, 2016): 12807. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7522-0233 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-1716 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3994-4047 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-2283 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12807 Nature Communications Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Nature |
| spellingShingle | Rein, Michael Levy, Etgar Claude Gumennik, Alexander Abouraddy, Ayman F Joannopoulos, John Fink, Yoel Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title | Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title_full | Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title_fullStr | Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title_short | Self-assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| title_sort | self assembled fibre optoelectronics with discrete translational symmetry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108152 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7522-0233 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-1716 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3994-4047 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-2283 |
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