Fluoride glass microstructured optical fiber with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission.
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.
Ebendorff-Heidepriem
Heike
H
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, School of Chemistry & Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. heike.ebendorff@adelaide.edu.au
Foo
Tze-Cheung
TC
Moore
Roger C
RC
Zhang
Wenqi
W
Li
Yahua
Y
Monro
Tanya M
TM
Hemming
Alexander
A
Lancaster
David G
DG
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
D005459:Fluorides