Title :
Cups curvature effect on confinement loss in hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF
Author :
Debord, B. ; Alharbi, M. ; Bradley, Tom ; Fourcade-Dutin, C. ; Wang, Y.Y. ; Vincetti, Luca ; Gerome, F. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
Xlim Res. Inst., Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We report on numerical and experimental results showing the influence of cups curvature of hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF on the confinement loss. Fabricated fibers with circular cups demonstrate record loss-level of 40 dB/km at 1064 nm.
Keywords :
holey fibres; numerical analysis; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; circular cups; confinement loss; cup curvature effect; fabricated fibers; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF; loss-level; wavelength 1064 nm; Fabrication; Loss measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Optical pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
