Microstructured Optical Fibers
Tanya M. Monro*, School of Chemistry & Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
1 FIBERS WITH MICRON-SCALE STRUCTURE
The development of core-clad silica glass optical fibers has revolutionized communications systems over the past 30 years. These “conventional” optical fibers have also made a significant impact in areas as diverse as sensing, medical imaging, laser welding, and machining and have allowed the realization of new classes of lasers and amplifiers. All these advances have been enabled by one key factor: reduction of the fiber loss. Reducing loss was a topic of intensive research and development for two decades, and dramatic improvements in the transmission of silica-based ...
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