All-solid bandgap guiding in tellurite-filled silica photonic crystal fibers

Schmidt MA, Granzow N, Da N, Peng M, Wondraczek L, Russell PSJ (2009)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

Optics Letters Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 34

Pages Range: 1946-1948

Journal Issue: 13

DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.001946

Abstract

We report all-solid bandgap-guiding fibers formed by pumping molten tellurite glass into silica-air photonic crystal fiber at high pressure. The spectral positions of the guidance bands agree well with multipole simulations and bandgap calculations. The micrometer-diameter tellurite strands are found to contain microheterogeneities (most probably originating from devitrification), which increase the fiber attenuation, although no evidence of crystallization is seen in the bulk tellurite glass. The technique offers a potential route to employing difficult-to-handle glasses, or glasses unsuitable for fiber drawing, in fiber-based amplifiers, modulators, filters, and nonlinear devices.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ning Da Professur für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Glas und Keramik) Lothar Wondraczek Professur für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Glas und Keramik)

Additional Organisation(s)

Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM)

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:

Schmidt, M.A., Granzow, N., Da, N., Peng, M., Wondraczek, L., & Russell, P.S.J. (2009). All-solid bandgap guiding in tellurite-filled silica photonic crystal fibers. Optics Letters, 34(13), 1946-1948. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001946

MLA:

Schmidt, Markus A., et al. "All-solid bandgap guiding in tellurite-filled silica photonic crystal fibers." Optics Letters 34.13 (2009): 1946-1948.

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