Title :
Progress in the fabrication of soft glass microstructured optical fibres with complex and new structures
Author :
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
Progress in developing new classes of soft glass microstructured fibres will be presented. We report the extrusion of soft glass preforms having a large number (160+) of transverse features.
Keywords :
extrusion; holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; preforms; extrusion; soft glass microstructured optical fibre fabrication; soft glass preforms; transverse structure; Australia; Billets; Feeds; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Preforms; Shape; Viscosity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519256
