L. N. Butvinа, O. V. Sereda, A. L. Butvina, E. M. Dianov, N. V. Lichkova, V. N. Zagorodnev, “Large-mode-area single-mode microstructured optical fibre for the mid-IR region”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2009, Volume 39, Number 3,Pages <nobr>283

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Optical fibres

Large-mode-area single-mode microstructured optical fibre for the mid-IR region

L. N. Butvinа^a, O. V. Sereda^a, A. L. Butvina^a, E. M. Dianov^a, N. V. Lichkova^b, V. N. Zagorodnev^b

^a Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region

Abstract: A single-mode microstructured optical fibre is fabricated from silver halogenide crystals. The fibre is intended for the mid-IR region and features a large mode area (13600 μm²). It is shown experimentally and theoretically that the fibre is in fact single-mode at 10.6 μm and has an optical loss of 8 dB m^–1.

PACS: 42.81.Bm, 42.81.Dp, 42.81.Qb

Received: 10.10.2008