Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 1, 240225(2025)

Low-loss fusion splice of hollow-core anti-resonant fiber and single mode fiber based on GIMF

Xiaohui Ma, Chuchen Li, Chao Song, Tianhao Hu, Zhongbin Zhao, Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Yong Zhou, Wentan Fang, Xiaolin Chen, Song Huang, and Weiqing Gao*
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  • Department of Optical Engineering, School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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    Xiaohui Ma, Chuchen Li, Chao Song, Tianhao Hu, Zhongbin Zhao, Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Yong Zhou, Wentan Fang, Xiaolin Chen, Song Huang, Weiqing Gao. Low-loss fusion splice of hollow-core anti-resonant fiber and single mode fiber based on GIMF[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2025, 52(1): 240225

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    Category: Article

    Received: Sep. 20, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 13, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: Weiqing Gao (高伟清)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.240225

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