All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding

被引:2493
作者
Knight, JC [1 ]
Birks, TA [1 ]
Russell, PS [1 ]
Atkin, DM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SOUTHAMPTON, OPTOELECT RES CTR, SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ, HANTS, ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1364/OL.21.001547
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the fabrication of a new type of optical waveguide: the photonic crystal fiber. It consists of a pure silica core surrounded by a silica-air photonic crystal material with a hexagonal symmetry. The fiber supports a single robust low-loss guided mode over a very broad spectral range of at least 458-1550 nm. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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页码:1547 / 1549
页数:3
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