title: Accurate measurement of the dispersion of hollow-core fibers using a scalable technique.
abstract: A scalable and accurate technique for measuring the group index and dispersion of optical fibers is used to provide the first accurate measurements of dispersion slope in hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers. We present data showing group index, group-velocity dispersion and dispersion slope in hollow-core fibers guiding at both 800 nm and 1064 nm wavelength.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Photonics and Photonic Material and Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom. M.G.Welch@bath.ac.uk
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: de Nobriga
authors.forename: Rodrigo Amezcua
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055100:Optical Fibers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity