Title :
Soft glass based large mode area photonic bandgap fibre for mid-infrared applications
Author :
Ghosh, Somnath ; Dasgupta, Sonali ; Poletti, Francesco ; Varshney, Ravi ; Pal, Bishnu P. ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
An all-solid LMA Bragg fibre (mode area exceeding 1100 μm2) is presented for mid-infrared applications, based on a new design strategy that induces large differential loss between fundamental and higher order modes for effective single-mode operation.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; SiO2; differential loss; high-order modes; large mode area photonic bandgap Bragg fibre; midinfrared applications; single-mode operation; soft glass; Dispersion; Frequency modulation; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
