Optical properties of low loss (70dB/km) Kagome hollow core photonic crystal fiber for Rb and Cs based optical applications

Thomas D. Bradley (1, 2) , Meshaal Alharbi (1, 2) , Yingying Wang (1, 2) , Coralie Fourcade Dutin (1, 2) , Fetah A. Benabid (2, 1)

1 University of Bath [Bath]
2 XLIM-PHOTONIQUE - PHOTONIQUE

We report on hollow-core Kagome fiber with a record loss of 70dB/km and operating at ~800nm. We show experimentally that the bending-loss is limited by coupling between the guiding core mode and the modes in the cladding holes.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Optique / photonique

Thomas D. Bradley, Meshaal Alharbi, Yingying Wang, Coralie Fourcade Dutin, Fetah A. Benabid. Optical properties of low loss (70dB/km) Kagome hollow core photonic crystal fiber for Rb and Cs based optical applications. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, Optical Society of America, May 2012, San Jose, United States. pp.CM3N.1., ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3N.1⟩. ⟨hal-00924867⟩