Remarkable recent demonstrations of ultra-low-loss inhibited-coupling (IC) hollow-core photonic-crystal fibres (HCPCFs) established them as serious candidates for next-generation long-haul fibre optics systems. A hindrance to this prospect and also to short-haul applications such as micromachining, where stable and high-quality beam delivery is needed, is the difficulty in designing and fabricating an IC-guiding fibre that combines ultra-low loss, truly robust single-modeness, and polarisation-maintaining operation. The design solutions proposed to date require a trade-off between low loss and truly single-modeness. Here, we propose a novel IC-HCPCF for achieving low-loss and effective single-mode operation. The fibre is endowed with a hybrid cladding composed of a Kagome-tubular lattice (HKT). This new concept of a microstructured cladding allows us to significantly reduce the confinement loss and, at the same time, preserve truly robust single-mode operation. Experimental results show an HKT-IC-HCPCF with a minimum loss of 1.6 dB/km at 1050 nm and a higher-order mode extinction ratio as high as 47.0 dB for a 10 m long fibre. The robustness of the fibre single-modeness is tested by moving the fibre and varying the coupling conditions. The design proposed herein opens a new route for the development of HCPCFs that combine robust ultra-low-loss transmission and single-mode beam delivery and provides new insight into IC guidance.

Low-loss single-mode hybrid-lattice hollow-core photonic-crystal fibre / Amrani, F.; Osorio, J. H.; Delahaye, F.; Giovanardi, F.; Vincetti, L.; Debord, B.; Gerome, F.; Benabid, F.. - In: LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS. - ISSN 2095-5545. - 10:1(2021), pp. 7-18. [10.1038/s41377-020-00457-7]

Low-loss single-mode hybrid-lattice hollow-core photonic-crystal fibre

Giovanardi F.;Vincetti L.;
2021

Abstract

Remarkable recent demonstrations of ultra-low-loss inhibited-coupling (IC) hollow-core photonic-crystal fibres (HCPCFs) established them as serious candidates for next-generation long-haul fibre optics systems. A hindrance to this prospect and also to short-haul applications such as micromachining, where stable and high-quality beam delivery is needed, is the difficulty in designing and fabricating an IC-guiding fibre that combines ultra-low loss, truly robust single-modeness, and polarisation-maintaining operation. The design solutions proposed to date require a trade-off between low loss and truly single-modeness. Here, we propose a novel IC-HCPCF for achieving low-loss and effective single-mode operation. The fibre is endowed with a hybrid cladding composed of a Kagome-tubular lattice (HKT). This new concept of a microstructured cladding allows us to significantly reduce the confinement loss and, at the same time, preserve truly robust single-mode operation. Experimental results show an HKT-IC-HCPCF with a minimum loss of 1.6 dB/km at 1050 nm and a higher-order mode extinction ratio as high as 47.0 dB for a 10 m long fibre. The robustness of the fibre single-modeness is tested by moving the fibre and varying the coupling conditions. The design proposed herein opens a new route for the development of HCPCFs that combine robust ultra-low-loss transmission and single-mode beam delivery and provides new insight into IC guidance.
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Low-loss single-mode hybrid-lattice hollow-core photonic-crystal fibre / Amrani, F.; Osorio, J. H.; Delahaye, F.; Giovanardi, F.; Vincetti, L.; Debord, B.; Gerome, F.; Benabid, F.. - In: LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS. - ISSN 2095-5545. - 10:1(2021), pp. 7-18. [10.1038/s41377-020-00457-7]
Amrani, F.; Osorio, J. H.; Delahaye, F.; Giovanardi, F.; Vincetti, L.; Debord, B.; Gerome, F.; Benabid, F.
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