title: Visible light guidance in silica capillaries by antiresonant reflection.
abstract: Hollow silica capillaries are examined as optical waveguides evaluating the antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) effect by sequentially reducing the wall thickness through etching and measuring the optical transmission. It is found that the periodicity of the transmission bands is proportional to the wall thickness and that the propagation loss is of the order of a few dB/m.
authors: Patrik
authors: P
authors: Rugeland
authors: Carola
authors: C
authors: Sterner
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Margulis
mesh_terms: D002197:Capillary Action; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008422:Materials Testing; D058608:Nanopores / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide