• DocumentCode
    689178
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833560