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

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15438-15444

  Jiang, X ^a   Euser, T G ^a   Abdolvand, A ^a   Babic, F ^a   Tani, F ^a   Joly, N Y ^a,b   Travers, J C ^a   St Russell, P J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; GLASS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICATES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CLADDING STRUCTURES; CORE DIAMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; HIGH-INDEX; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; HOLLOW CORES; LARGE MODE AREA; LEAD SILICATE GLASS; LOW LOSS; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-MODE GUIDANCE; SOFT GLASS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79961074440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015438     Document Type: Article

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