Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 13 (1) , 236-244
- https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.13.000236
Abstract
Hollow-core photonic crystal fibres have excited interest as potential ultra-low loss telecommunications fibres because light propagates mainly in air instead of solid glass. We propose that the ultimate limit to the attenuation of such fibres is determined by surface roughness due to frozenin capillary waves. This is confirmed by measurements of the surface roughness in a HC-PCF, the angular distribution of the power scattered out of the core, and the wavelength dependence of the minimum loss of fibres drawn to different scales.Keywords
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