Progress in Fabrication and Modeling of Microstructured Optical Fibers

We discuss recent advancements made in the fabrication and theoretical modeling of microstructured optical fibers and highlight opportunities for these fibers for low-loss transmission, nonlinear applications, and sensing.

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