Single-mode hollow-core photonic crystal fiber made from soft glass

Jiang X, Euser TG, Abdolvand A, Babic F, Tani F, Joly N, Travers JC, Russell PSJ (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 19

Pages Range: 15438-15444

Journal Issue: 16

DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015438

Abstract

We demonstrate the first soft-glass hollow core photonic crystal fiber. The fiber is made from a high-index lead-silicate glass (Schott SF6, refractive index 1.82 at 500 nm). Fabricated by the stack-and-draw technique, the fiber incorporates a 7-cell hollow core embedded in a highly uniform 6-layer cladding structure that resembles a kagomé-like lattice. Effective single mode guidance of light is observed from 750 to 1050 nm in a large mode area (core diameter ~30 µm) with a low loss of 0.74 dB/m. The underlying guidance mechanism of the fiber is investigated using finite element modeling. The fiber is promising for applications requiring single mode guidance in a large mode area, such as particle guidance, fluid and gas filled devices.

Authors with CRIS profile

Nicolas Joly Professur für Experimentalphysik (Photonik) Philip St. John Russell Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Professur)

Additional Organisation(s)

Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Jiang, X., Euser, T.G., Abdolvand, A., Babic, F., Tani, F., Joly, N.,... Russell, P.S.J. (2011). Single-mode hollow-core photonic crystal fiber made from soft glass. Optics Express, 19(16), 15438-15444. https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.015438

MLA:

Jiang, Xin, et al. "Single-mode hollow-core photonic crystal fiber made from soft glass." Optics Express 19.16 (2011): 15438-15444.

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