Title :
New low-loss liquid-core fibre waveguide
Author :
Payne, David N. ; Gambling, W.A.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Low-loss liquid-core fibre-optical waveguides having a transmission loss of 10 dB/km has been made using commercially available glass tubing. The loss is less than 20 dB/km over a wavelength range of greater than 0.8¿1.1 ¿m, and, at the semiconductor laser wavelength of 0.9 ¿m, has a value of 14 dB/km. This is the first low-loss fibre to be made using glass.
Keywords :
fibre optics; glass; guided electromagnetic wave propagation; optical waveguides; attenuation; fibre optics; glass; low loss liquid core fibre waveguide; optical communications; optical waveguides; transmission medium;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720273
