Title :
Novel fiber for low-loss mid-infrared transmission
Author :
Zhang, Betty Meng ; Shum, Perry Ping ; Wu Yuan ; Xueping Cheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We propose a novel triple-cladding hollow metallic optical fiber, which facilitates low-loss transmission at mid-infrared region. Our design is realizable with fiber drawing technique.
Keywords :
drawing (mechanical); optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; fiber drawing technique; low-loss transmission; mid-infrared region; triple-cladding hollow metallic optical fiber; Dielectrics; Metals; Metamaterials; Optical fibers; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Fiber optics; Metamaterials; Surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995456
