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Microstructured polymer optical fibre

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Abstract

The first microstructured polymer optical fibre is described. Both experimental and theoretical evidence is presented to establish that the fibre is effectively single moded at optical wavelengths. Polymer-based microstructured optical fibres offer key advantages over both conventional polymer optical fibres and glass microstructured fibres. The low-cost manufacturability and the chemical flexibility of the polymers provide great potential for applications in data communication networks and for the development of a range of new polymer-based fibre-optic components.

©2001 Optical Society of America

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Figures (3)

Fig.1.
Fig.1. Electron micrographs of the microstructured polymer optical fibre (MPOF).
Fig.2.
Fig.2. Optical testing of the single mode guiding of the microstructured polymer optical fibre (MPOF). a) the mode pattern in the near field, b) a contour plot of the near field pattern, c) the far field mode pattern d) the interference pattern between a standard single-mode fibre and the MPOF. The white patches in the images a) and c) are due to overexposure of the camera.
Fig.3.
Fig.3. Axial component of the Poynting vector for the first two degenerate modes of a two-ring MOF (d=1.3 µm, Λ=2.8 µm, matrix index n=1.4897, λ=632.8 nm). The holes of the fibre are located at the positions where indents are observed in the mode profile of the second mode.
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