title: Te-As-Se glass microstructured optical fiber for the middle infrared.
abstract: We present the first fabrication, to the best of our knowledge, of chalcogenide microstructured optical fibers in Te-As-Se glass, their optical characterization, and numerical simulations in the middle infrared. In a first fiber, numerical simulations exhibit a single-mode behavior at 3.39 and 9.3 microm, in good agreement with experimental near-field captures at 9.3 microm. The second fiber is not monomode between 3.39 and 9.3 microm, but the fundamental losses are 9 dB/m at 3.39 microm and 6 dB/m at 9.3 microm. The experimental mode field diameters are compared to the theoretical ones with a good accordance.
authors: Equipe Verres et Céramiques, UMR-CNRS 6226, Science Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes I, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France. frederic.desevedavy@polymtl.ca
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Désévédavy
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Renversez
authors: Johann
authors: J
authors: Troles
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Brilland
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Houizot
authors: Quentin
authors: Q
authors: Coulombier
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Smektala
authors: Nicholas
authors: N
authors: Traynor
authors: Jean-Luc
authors: JL
authors: Adam