title: Fluoride glass microstructured optical fiber with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission.
abstract: We demonstrate the first fluorozirconate microstructured fiber for use in the mid-infrared. The fiber preform was manufactured via extrusion of a 200 g billet through a complex graphite die. The fiber exhibits large mode area of 6,600 microm(2), loss of 3 dB/m at 4 microm and only marginal excess loss relative to a corresponding unstructured fiber.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Expertise in Photonics, School of Chemistry & Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebendorff-Heidepriem
authors.forename: Tze-Cheung
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: Roger C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Wenqi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yahua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tanya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Monro
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hemming
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lancaster
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008027:Light; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides