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. 2021 Jun 28;14(4):383–398. doi: 10.1007/s12200-021-1226-0

Recent progress of semiconductor optoelectronic fibers

Hei Chit Leo Tsui 1,✉, Noel Healy 1
PMCID: PMC9743859  PMID: 36637765

Abstract

Semiconductor optoelectronic fiber technology has seen rapid development in recent years thanks to advancements in fabrication and post-processing techniques. Integrating the optical and electronic functionality of semiconductor materials into a fiber geometry has opened up many possibilities, such as in-fiber frequency generation, signal modulation, photodetection, and solar energy harvesting. This review provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in semiconductor optoelectronic fibers, including fabrication and post-processing methods, materials and their optical properties. The applications in nonlinear optics, optical-electrical conversion, lasers and multimaterial functional fibers will also be highlighted.

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Keywords: optical fibers, semiconductor photonics, nonlinear optics

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge UKRI and EPSRC for financial support under the grant EP/R021503/1.

Footnotes

Hei Chit Leo Tsui is a research associate in the Emerging Technologies and Materials (ETM) Group at Newcastle University, UK. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Physics from Imperial College London, UK, and was a research associate in the Photon Science Institute at The University of Manchester, UK. His current research interests include photonic materials and optical characterisations.

E-mail: hei.tsui@newcastle.ac.uk

Noel Healy is the Head of the Emerging Technologies and Materials (ETM) Group and a Professor of Photonics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the School of Mathematics, Statistic, and Physics and Director of the Photon Science Laboratory which is a state-of-the-art photonics research facility that specialises in novel photonics materials and fibers, optical characterisation and ultra-fast light-matter interactions. Prior to his time at Newcastle, Prof. Healy spent eight years as a Senior Research Fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, UK. He is an author on more than 190 papers for top scientific journals and international conferences; including > 30 invited presentations.

E-mail: noel.healy@newcastle.ac.uk

Contributor Information

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Noel Healy, Email: noel.healy@newcastle.ac.uk.

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