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Hollow core optical fibres with comparable attenuation to silica fibres between 600 and 1100 nm

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  • Hesham Sakr

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Yong Chen

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus
    Lumenisity Ltd, Unit 7, The Quadrangle)

  • Gregory T. Jasion

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Thomas D. Bradley

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • John R. Hayes

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Hans Christian H. Mulvad

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Ian A. Davidson

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Eric Numkam Fokoua

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

  • Francesco Poletti

    (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus)

Abstract

For over 50 years, pure or doped silica glass optical fibres have been an unrivalled platform for the transmission of laser light and optical data at wavelengths from the visible to the near infra-red. Rayleigh scattering, arising from frozen-in density fluctuations in the glass, fundamentally limits the minimum attenuation of these fibres and hence restricts their application, especially at shorter wavelengths. Guiding light in hollow (air) core fibres offers a potential way to overcome this insurmountable attenuation limit set by the glass’s scattering, but requires reduction of all the other loss-inducing mechanisms. Here we report hollow core fibres, of nested antiresonant design, with losses comparable or lower than achievable in solid glass fibres around technologically relevant wavelengths of 660, 850, and 1060 nm. Their lower than Rayleigh scattering loss in an air-guiding structure offers the potential for advances in quantum communications, data transmission, and laser power delivery.

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  • Hesham Sakr & Yong Chen & Gregory T. Jasion & Thomas D. Bradley & John R. Hayes & Hans Christian H. Mulvad & Ian A. Davidson & Eric Numkam Fokoua & Francesco Poletti, 2020. "Hollow core optical fibres with comparable attenuation to silica fibres between 600 and 1100 nm," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-19910-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19910-7
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