A new solution of reducing polymer optical fiber losses

作者：Yu Rong jin^*; Zhang Bing; Chen Ming yang; Huo Liang; Tian Zhen guo; Bai Xiang zhong

来源：Optics Communications, 2006, 266(2): 536-540.

DOI：10.1016/j.optcom.2006.05.045

• polymer optical fiber
• hollow-core fiber
• cobweb cladding structure
• loss

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is one of the most commonly used optical materials. However, the application of it in the area of optical communication is strongly limited by the intrinsic absorption loss of carbon-hydrogen stretching vibration. In this paper, we present a method to solve the problem by adopting the hollow-core fibers with cobweb cladding structure. The fibers use a single dielectric material and may solve the problem of structural support. Thus the feasibility of the "OmniGuide" fibers is improved, while a series of advantages of the "OmniGuide" hollow-core fiber are retained. It is promising that a fiber with low transmission loss, high bandwidth, large-core, and low costs can be designed and fabricated using PMMA. At the same time, a very broad range of the wavelengths (from visible to near infrared region, for instance, wavelengths at 0.65-1.12 mu m, and even 1.30 mu m, 1.54 mu m and their neighbors) may be adopted for signal wavelength.

• 出版日期2006-10-15
• 单位燕山大学