Title :
Nonsilica glasses for holey fibers
Author :
Feng, Xian ; Mairaj, Arshad K. ; Hewak, Daniel W. ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, UK
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors of this paper investigated the thermal properties and optical properties of typical nonsilica glasses, including viscosity, surface tension, thermal conductivity, transmission, linear and nonlinear refractive index, and fiber attenuation in order to judge the feasibility of using nonsilica glasses as the background material of holey fibers (HFs). Novel techniques were presented to fabricate the nonsilica glass microstructured fiber preforms. Examples of fabricated nonsilica glass HFs with various promising optical applications were finally exhibited.
Keywords :
glass fibres; light scattering; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; preforms; refractive index; surface tension; thermal conductivity; viscosity; fiber attenuation; holey fibers; linear refractive index; microstructured fiber performs; nonlinear refractive index; nonsilica glasses; optical properties; surface tension; thermal conductivity; thermal properties; transmission; viscosity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Holey fibers; Optical attenuators; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Surface tension; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity; Holey fibers (HFs); optical fiber fabrication; photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.849945
