Image Transport Through Meter-Long Randomly Disordered Silica-Air Optical Fiber

We present a randomly disordered silica-air optical fiber featuring a 28.5% air filling fraction in the structured region, and low attenuation below 1 dB per meter at visible wavelengths. The quality of images transported through this fiber is shown to be comparable to, or even better than, that of...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2018-02, Vol.8 (1), p.3065-7, Article 3065
Main Authors: Zhao, Jian, Lopez, Jose Enrique Antonio, Zhu, Zheyuan, Zheng, Donghui, Pang, Shuo, Correa, Rodrigo Amezcua, Schülzgen, Axel
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Language:English
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Investigations
Localization
multidisciplinary
Polymers
Propagation
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Silica
Wavelengths
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Summary:We present a randomly disordered silica-air optical fiber featuring a 28.5% air filling fraction in the structured region, and low attenuation below 1 dB per meter at visible wavelengths. The quality of images transported through this fiber is shown to be comparable to, or even better than, that of images sent through commercial multicore imaging fiber. We demonstrate robust high-quality optical image transfer through 90 cm-long fibers with disordered silica-air structure, more than an order of magnitude improvement compared to previous disordered fiber imaging distances. The effects of variations of wavelength and feature size on transported image quality are investigated experimentally.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21480-0