DocumentCode
2721555
Title
Fluoride glass microstructured optical fibre with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission
Author
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Foo, Tze-Cheung ; Moore, Roger C. ; Li, Yahua ; Zhang, Wenqi ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Hemming, Alexander ; Lancaster, David G.
Author_Institution
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
fYear
2008
fDate
7-10 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate an extruded fluorozirconate microstructured fibre with large mode area, loss of 3 dB/m at 4 mum and negligible excess loss relative to a corresponding unstructured fibre.
Keywords
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; extrusion; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN; extruded fluorozirconate microstructured fibre; fibre fabrication; fluoride glass; large mode area fibre; midinfrared transmission; optical loss; Australia; Chemical technology; Fabrication; Glass; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Power transmission; Preforms; Propagation losses; Silver;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location
Sydney
Print_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610317
Filename
4610317
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