Title :
Reduced loss in extruded soft glass microstructured fibre
Author :
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Li, Yahua ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. & Phys., Adelaide Univ., Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of small core high-NA soft glass microstructured optical fibre with propagation loss as low as 0.6 dB/m. It is demonstrated that preform extrusion does not significantly contribute to the fibre loss.
Keywords :
extrusion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; preforms; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre loss; preform extrusion; propagation loss; soft glass microstructured fibre; Glass; Light scattering; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Preforms; Propagation losses; Rough surfaces; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519195
