• DocumentCode
    1954304
  • Title

    The fundamental limits to the attenuation of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres

  • Author

    Birks, T.A. ; Roberts, P.J. ; Couny, F. ; Sabert, H. ; Mangan, B.J. ; Williams, D.P. ; Farr, L. ; Mason, M.W. ; Tomlinson, A. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. St J

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    107
  • Abstract
    We propose that the transmission of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres is ultimately limited by scattering from roughness due to frozen-in surface 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.
  • Keywords
    capillary waves; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; HC-PCF; fibre fabrication; frozen-surface capillary wave; hollow-core photonic crystal fibre; optical fibre attenuation; photonic bandgap fibre; scattering; Attenuation; Electromagnetic scattering; Loss measurement; Particle scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Power measurement; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface waves; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9236-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505762
  • Filename
    1505762