Metallic mode confinement in microstructured fibres.
We report the first long, uniform, optical fibers in which visible light is guided in a single mode by metallic reflection. We describe the fabrication, experiment and characterization of these metallic optical fibers and compare them with theoretical calculations.
Hou
Jing
J
Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. houjing25@sina.com
Bird
David
D
George
Alan
A
Maier
Stefan
S
Kuhlmey
Boris
B
Knight
J C
JC
D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012031:Refractometry
D008670:Metals