Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres

被引：720
作者：
Roberts, PJ
Couny, F
Sabert, H
Mangan, BJ
Williams, DP
Farr, L
Mason, MW
Tomlinson, A
Birks, TA
Knight, JC
Russell, PSJ
机构：
[1] BlazePhoton Ltd, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
[2] Univ Bath, Dept Phys, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2005年 / 13卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1364/OPEX.13.000236
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Hollow-core photonic crystal fibres have excited interest as potential ultra-low loss telecommunications fibres because light propagates mainly in air instead of solid glass. We propose that the ultimate limit to the attenuation of such fibres is determined by surface roughness due to frozen-in capillary waves. This is confirmed by measurements of the surface roughness in a HC-PCF, the angular distribution of the power scattered out of the core, and the wavelength dependence of the minimum loss of fibres drawn to different scales. (C) 2005 Optical Society of America.
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页码：236 / 244
页数：9
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