Title :
Fabrication and characterization of microstructured optical fibres with elliptical holes
Author :
Issa, N.A. ; van Eijkelenborg, M.A. ; Henry, G. ; Fellew, M. ; Large, M.C.J.
Author_Institution :
Australian Photonics CRC, Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
Abstract :
The fabrication of the first microstructured optical fibre with elliptical holes is presented. We describe simple techniques for achieving the desired hole ellipticity in polymer fibre and discuss the light guiding and polarization properties.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical polymers; elliptical holes; light guiding; microstructured optical fibres; polarization; polymer fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
