Single-mode photonic crystal fiber for the middle infrared

Leonid N. Butvina; Olesya V. Sereda; Eugeny M. Dianov; Ninel V. Lichkova; Vladimir N. Zagorodnev

doi:10.1117/12.730398

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23 May 2007 Single-mode photonic crystal fiber for the middle infrared

Leonid N. Butvina, Olesya V. Sereda, Eugeny M. Dianov, Ninel V. Lichkova, Vladimir N. Zagorodnev

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Proceedings Volume 6572, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications III; 65720U (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730398
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Photonic crystal optical fiber from silver halide crystals is described. Both experimental and theoretical evidences are presented to establish that the fiber is effectively singlemode at wavelength 10.6 &mgr;m with numerical aperture NA = 0.16 and optical losses of 2 dB/m . Crystalline microstructured optical fibers offer key advantages over step-index optical fibers from silver halide crystals. The wide transmission range of wavelengths 2-20 &mgr;m provides great potential for applications in spectroscopy and for the development of a range of new crystalline-based non-linear optical fibers.

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Leonid N. Butvina, Olesya V. Sereda, Eugeny M. Dianov, Ninel V. Lichkova, and Vladimir N. Zagorodnev "Single-mode photonic crystal fiber for the middle infrared", Proc. SPIE 6572, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications III, 65720U (23 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730398

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