论文信息 - Comparative study of the effective single mode operational bandwidth in sub-wavelength optical wires and conventional single-mode fibers.

Comparative study of the effective single mode operational bandwidth in sub-wavelength optical wires and conventional single-mode fibers.

We present the first experimental comparison of effective single mode operation bandwidth in sub-wavelength optical wires (SOWs) and conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs). The full transmission spectrum, half-turn bend loss and mode field diameter were measured and compared for a variety of SMFs of different cut-off wavelength and a SOW. The SOW was shown to offer an enormously broadband single-mode operation bandwidth with a larger mode field area than the SMFs. Applications of SOWs include fiber lasers, sensors, photolithography and optical coherence tomography amongst others.

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