低损耗空心/空气光子带隙纤维纤维
Charlene M Smith1, Natesan Venkataraman, Michael T Gallagher
1Corning Incorporated, Sullivan Park, Corning, New York 14831, USA.
Nature
|August 9, 2003
概括
研究人员开发了低衰减的光子带隙纤维,达到30 dB km-1以下的损失,这是光通信的显著改进. 这一突破使导光在空气中的实际应用成为可能,减少了散射和非线性.
科学领域:
- 光子学是指光子学的使用.
- 光纤技术是光纤技术的一种.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 光子带隙结构利用干扰进行辐射反射,具有1D,2D和3D的应用.
- 早期的空心光子带隙纤维在空心中引导光,提供了像较低的雷利散射和非线性等潜在的好处.
- 制造方面的挑战限制了早期的空气芯纤维的短距离,阻碍了损耗研究.
研究的目的:
- 报告长长,低衰减光子带隙纤维的制造和表征.
- 为了证明空心光子带隙纤维的传输损失的显著降低.
- 确定导致这些先进光纤传输损失的关键因素.
主要方法:
- 制造长长的空心光子带隙纤维.
- 在宽的传输窗口中对光纤衰减的描述.
- 在100米纤维样本上测量1500nm的最小损耗.
主要成果:
- 在一个宽的传输窗口上实现了不到30dBkm-1的衰减.
- 在1500 nm记录了13 dB km-1的最小光纤损失.
- 确定了表面和核心模式之间的合作为重大损失贡献者.
结论:
- 成功制造了长长的光子带隙纤维,其衰减大大减少.
- 取得的低损耗水平为空气引导光的实际应用开辟了新的可能性.
- 了解模式合对于进一步降低空心光子带隙纤维损耗至关重要.
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