Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 5, 050602(2019)

Influence Factors of Confinement Loss of Negative Curvature Hollow Core Fiber

Xiang Chen, Xiongwei Hu, and Jinyan Li*
Author Affiliations
  • Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    Schematic of resonance and anti-resonance
    Electric field mode in negative curvature hollow core fiber. (a) Fundamental mode; (b) tube mode
    Structure of single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Effective refractive index of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Power ratio of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Effective refractive index of fundamental mode and tube mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube diameters with 20 μm core diameter
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different RT/C
    Negative curvature hollow core fibers. (a) Two layers four tubes with nested tubes; (b) three layers four tubes with nested tubes
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Variation of power ratio of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Three layers slab optical waveguide
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer,two layers and three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Variation of confinement loss of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer, two layers and, three layers 6 and 8 tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    • Table 1. Mode effective index and confinement loss of negative curvature hollow core fiber

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      Table 1. Mode effective index and confinement loss of negative curvature hollow core fiber

      ModeEffective indexAverage confinement loss /(dB·km-1)
      LP010.998602966000370-1.69859841840119×10-110.998602958935283-1.97651259342529×10-116.47×10-1
      LP110.996709063613520-5.75814156104491×10-80.996679673022994-4.67351275404594×10-80.996621156318788-5.96804687485307×10-90.996592958466542-2.16581295879327×10-99.89×102
      LP210.994798584019113-8.33081319495409×10-60.994798584019113-8.33081319494673×10-60.994798445347296-8.33114153520580×10-60.994798445347296-8.33114153520367×10-62.93×105
      LP020.993481085871916-4.60717915161041×10-70.993480894105488-4.59180599078204×10-71.62×104
    • Table 2. Structural fault tolerance of negative curvature hollow core fiber

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      Table 2. Structural fault tolerance of negative curvature hollow core fiber

      StructuralparameterInitialconfinementloss/ (dB·km-1)Confinement loss whenparameter positivefloating 1% /(dB·km-1)Confinement loss whenparameter negativefloating 1% /(dB·km-1)Influence /%
      Core diameter (20 μm)0.6471.3341.608148.53
      Glass wall thickness (0.4 μm)2.3640.986265.38
      Air layer thickness (9 μm)2.6200.793304.95
      Inner tube diameter (18 μm)2.9520.964356.26
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Aug. 4, 2018

    Accepted: Sep. 12, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 31, 2019

    The Author Email: Jinyan Li (ljy@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.050602

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