Title :
Fluoride glass microstructured optical fibre with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission
Author :
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Foo, Tze-Cheung ; Moore, Roger C. ; Li, Yahua ; Zhang, Wenqi ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Hemming, Alexander ; Lancaster, David G.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an extruded fluorozirconate microstructured fibre with large mode area, loss of 3 dB/m at 4 mum and negligible excess loss relative to a corresponding unstructured fibre.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; extrusion; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN; extruded fluorozirconate microstructured fibre; fibre fabrication; fluoride glass; large mode area fibre; midinfrared transmission; optical loss; Australia; Chemical technology; Fabrication; Glass; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Power transmission; Preforms; Propagation losses; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610317
