Title :
Polarization maintaining, single mode hollow core fibers
Author :
Mangan, Brian J. ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Fini, John M. ; Meng, Limin ; Windeler, Robert S. ; Monberg, E.M. ; DeSantolo, A. ; Mikhailov, V. ; Mukasa, K.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The lowest loss hollow core fibers are typically multimode which can limit many applications. Here we demonstrate fibers that, using phase matched coupling, are single mode and by creating asymmetry in the core wall boundary, the fiber is polarization maintaining.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; multimode hollow core fiber; phase matched coupling; polarization maintainance; single mode hollow core fiber; Couplings; Length measurement; Loss measurement; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964227
