Title :
Large core acetylene-filled photonic microcells made by tapering the hollow-core fiber
Author :
Wheeler, N.V. ; Grogan, M.D.W. ; Light, P.S. ; Couny, F. ; Birks, T.A. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
We fabricated low insertion loss and large core (40 – 70 µm) kagomé lattice acetylene-filled photonic microcells by tapering the large outer diameter kagomé fibers and splicing their reduced ends to a single mode fiber.
Keywords :
Fabrication; Insertion loss; Lattices; Microcell networks; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonics Society; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
