Title : 
Mass-fabrication of air-core microstructured polymer optical fiber
         
        
            Author : 
Kang, Lijun ; Wang, Lili ; Yang, Xinghua ; Wang, Jian
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Xi´´an Inst. of Opt. & Precision Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Xian
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An air-core, 252 holes cladding, 51% air-occupied fraction PMMA-based MPOF as successfully fabricated by drawing an extruded 253 holes preform. With the extrusion technique, air-core MPOF preform could be produced on a large scale.
         
        
            Keywords : 
drawing (mechanical); micro-optics; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; preforms; MPOF; PMMA; air-core microstructured polymer optical fiber; drawing; extrusion; preform; Fiber nonlinear optics; Large-scale systems; Optical design techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Photonic band gap; Preforms; Shape; (060.2280) Fibre design and fabrication; (060.2430); (160.5470) Polymers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-859-9