Research on Fabrication and Performance of Hollow-Core Anti-Resonant Fiber Coated With Copper Film

Autor: Meng Wu, Boyao Li, Jialong Li, Guiyao Zhou, Changming Xia, Zhiyun Hou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2954534
Popis: A Hollow-core Anti-resonant Fiber (ARF) has many advantages in device applications, such as low cladding density, low nonlinearity, high damage threshold, and excellent polarization characteristics by adjusting the structure and filling a metal. A method of on-line copper coating on the inner hole of hollow-core anti-resonant fiber cladding during drawing is proposed in this paper, and the related polarization characteristic of the ARF is studied. The theoretical and experimental results show that the ARF has good polarization characteristics after coating due to the coupling of copper film and core mode. Polarized light at 860 nm shows the best polarization characteristics. When the ARF is 1 mm, 1.5 mm, and 2 mm in length, its crosstalk is more than 20 dB which works well in communications applications. These characteristics indicate that the ARF coated copper film has a good application prospect in the field of polarization communication.
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