Low-loss hybrid fiber with zero dispersion wavelength shifted to 1 µm

Opt Express. 2013 Oct 7;21(20):23838-43. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.023838.

Abstract

We proposed and investigated a novel type of all-glass hybrid fiber where light is confined in the low-index core due to both total internal reflection and coherent Fresnel reflection (a photonic bandgap mechanism). The hybrid mode has an anomalous dispersion of 13 ps/(nm km) at 1064 nm and low loss (~6 dB/km), and it can be easily excited by splicing with a single-mode step-index fiber. The compression of positively chirped 8 ps pulses down to 330 fs was demonstrated with the fabricated hybrid fiber.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't