Title :
Single-Mode Tellurite Glass Holey Fiber with Extremely Large Mode Area for Infrared Applications
Author :
Feng, Xiaowei ; Flanagan, J.C. ; Frampton, K.E. ; Petropoulos, P. ; White, Neil M. ; Loh, Wei H. ; Rutt, H.N. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of a very large mode area tellurite holey fiber from an extruded preform. Robust single-mode guidance with 3000 μm2 effective mode area was achieved and 2.9 dB/m loss was measured at 1.55 μm.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; photonic crystals; sodium compounds; tellurium compounds; zinc compounds; TeO2-ZnO-Na2O; infrared application; large mode area fiber fabrication; single-mode fiber; tellurite glass holey fiber; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Holey fibers; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Preforms; Silicon compounds; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528522
