DocumentCode
3527266
Title
Single-Mode Tellurite Glass Holey Fiber with Extremely Large Mode Area for Infrared Applications
Author
Feng, Xiaowei ; Flanagan, J.C. ; Frampton, K.E. ; Petropoulos, P. ; White, Neil M. ; Loh, Wei H. ; Rutt, H.N. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We report the fabrication of a very large mode area tellurite holey fiber from an extruded preform. Robust single-mode guidance with 3000 μm2 effective mode area was achieved and 2.9 dB/m loss was measured at 1.55 μm.
Keywords
holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; photonic crystals; sodium compounds; tellurium compounds; zinc compounds; TeO2-ZnO-Na2O; infrared application; large mode area fiber fabrication; single-mode fiber; tellurite glass holey fiber; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Holey fibers; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Preforms; Silicon compounds; Supercontinuum generation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528522
Filename
4528522
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