The Airy fibre: an optical fibre that guides light diffracted by a circular aperture
Optics
2016-01-18 v1
Abstract
We have designed and made an optical fibre that guides an approximate Airy pattern as one of its guided modes. The fibre's attenuation was 11.0 dB/km at 1550 nm wavelength, the match between the fibre's mode and the ideal infinite Airy pattern was 93.7%, and the far field resembled a top-hat beam. The guidance mechanism has strong similarities to photonic bandgap guidance.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.03841,
title = {The Airy fibre: an optical fibre that guides light diffracted by a circular aperture},
author = {I. Gris-Sánchez and D. Van Ras and T. A. Birks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03841},
year = {2016}
}
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11 pages