title: All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding.
abstract: We report the fabrication of a new type of optical waveguide: the photonic crystal fiber. It consists of a pure silica core surrounded by a silica-air photonic crystal material with a hexagonal symmetry. The fiber supports a single robust low-loss guided mode over a very broad spectral range of at least 458-1550 nm.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Birks
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Atkin