• DocumentCode
    1793278
  • Title

    Understanding wavelength scaling in 19-cell core hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

  • Author

    Chen, Yuanfeng ; Wheeler, N.V. ; Baddela, N.K. ; Hayes, J.R. ; Sandoghchi, S.R. ; Fokoua, E. Numkam ; Li, Meng ; Poletti, F. ; Petrovich, M.N. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    First experimental wavelength scaling in 19-cell core HC-PBGF indicates that the minimum loss waveband occurs at longer wavelengths than previously predicted. Record low loss (2.5dB/km) fibers operating around 2μm and gas-purging experiments are also reported.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; 19-cell core hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers; gas-purging experiments; minimum loss waveband; wavelength scaling; Absorption; Attenuation; Glass; Loss measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.M2F.4
  • Filename
    6886544