Fluoride glass microstructured optical fiber with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission

Opt Lett. 2008 Dec 1;33(23):2861-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.33.002861.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fluorides / chemistry*
  • Glass / chemistry*
  • Infrared Rays
  • Light
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Scattering, Radiation

Substances

  • Fluorides