Fabrication tolerances in As₂S₃ negative-curvature antiresonant fibers

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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2016-06-01

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Weiblen, R. Joseph, Curtis R. Menyuk, Rafael R. Gattass, L. Brandon Shaw, and Jasbinder S. Sanghera. “Fabrication Tolerances in As₂S₃ Negative-Curvature Antiresonant Fibers.” Optics Letters 41, no. 11 (June 1, 2016): 2624–27. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.002624.

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Photonic crystal fibers
Hollow core fibers
Fiber fabrication
Fiber design
Effective refractive index
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Refractive index
UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory

Abstract

We computationally investigate fabrication tolerances in As₂S₃ negative-curvature antiresonant tube-lattice fibers. Since the dominant loss mechanisms for silica in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) is material absorption, As₂S₃, which offers a reduced loss over that wavelength range, is a natural candidate for mid-IR antiresonant fibers. However, any fiber fabrication technology, including for soft glasses, will have imperfections. Therefore, it is important to know how imperfect fabrication will affect the results of a fiber design. We study perturbations to the fiber, including a nonconstant tube-wall thickness, a single cladding tube with a different radius, a single cladding tube with a different tube-wall thickness, and “key” sections in the jacket.