Superlattice Microstructured Optical Fiber

Superlattice Microstructured Optical Fiber

A generic three-stage stack-and-draw method is demonstrated for the fabrication of complex-microstructured optical fibers. We report the fabrication and characterization of a silica superlattice microstructured fiber with more than 800 rhomboidally arranged air-holes. A polarization-maintaining fib...

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Main Authors: Ming-Leung Vincent Tse, Zhengyong Liu, Lok-Hin Cho, Chao Lu, Ping-Kong Alex Wai, Hwa-Yaw Tam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
superlattice
birefringent
photonic crystal fiber
sensing
microstructured fiber
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/7/6/4567
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Summary:A generic three-stage stack-and-draw method is demonstrated for the fabrication of complex-microstructured optical fibers. We report the fabrication and characterization of a silica superlattice microstructured fiber with more than 800 rhomboidally arranged air-holes. A polarization-maintaining fiber with a birefringence of 8.5 × 10−4 is demonstrated. The birefringent property of the fiber is found to be highly insensitive to external environmental effects, such as pressure.
ISSN:1996-1944

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