Journal article · Preprint article
Ultra-large bandwidth hollow-core guiding in all-silica bragg fibers with nano-supports
Crystal Fibre A/S1
California Institute of Technology2
Glass Components and Materials, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark5
We demonstrate a new class of hollow-core Bragg fibers that are composed of concentric cylindrical silica rings separated by nanoscale support bridges. We theoretically predict and experimentally observe hollow-core confinement over an octave frequency range. The bandwidth of bandgap guiding in this new class of Bragg fibers exceeds that of other hollow-core fibers reported in the literature.
With only three rings of silica cladding layers, these Bragg fibers achieve propagation loss of the order of 1 dB/m.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Optical Society of America |
Year: | 2004 |
Pages: | 3500-3508 |
ISSN: | 10944087 |
Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
DOI: | 10.1364/opex.12.003500 |
ORCIDs: | Mortensen, Niels Asger |