Virginia TechLi, HaifengMa, DingYang, ChuanXu, YongLiu, Zhiwen2014-04-042014-04-042012-04-01Haifeng Li, Ding Ma, Chuan Yang, Yong Xu, and Zhiwen Liu, "Incorporating conductive materials into a photonic crystal fiber: toward optoelectronic applications," Opt. Express 20, 24342-24347 (2012). doi: 10.1364/OE.20.0243421094-4087http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46922We report a method to selectively fill arbitrary air holes of microstructured photonic crystal fibers with conductive materials through microsphere-assisted fabrication. A photonic crystal fiber with three of its air holes filled with gallium is fabricated and optically characterized. Further it is shown that nanomaterials such as carbon nanotube can be attached to the tip of the conductive channel through additional optical soldering post-processing. (C) 2012 Optical Society of Americaapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightMicrostructured optical-fibersFilling techniqueSupercontinuumFabricationIncorporating Conductive Materials Into A Photonic Crystal Fiber: Toward Optoelectronic ApplicationsArticle - Refereedhttp://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-22-24342Optics Expresshttps://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.024342