Design and fabrication of a tellurite hollow-core anti-resonant fiber for mid-infrared applications

The hollow core anti-resonant fibers (HC-ARFs) based on soft glass are in high demand for 3-6 µm laser delivery. A HC-ARF based on tellurite glass with 6 touching capillaries as cladding was designed and fabricated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. A relatively low loss of 3.75 dB/m...

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Published in:Optics express 2024-04, Vol.32 (8), p.14067-14077
Main Authors: Zhu, Jun, Feng, Shaohua, Liu, Chengzhen, Cai, Liyang, Xu, Yantao, Xiao, Xusheng, Guo, Haitao
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Language:English
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Summary:The hollow core anti-resonant fibers (HC-ARFs) based on soft glass are in high demand for 3-6 µm laser delivery. A HC-ARF based on tellurite glass with 6 touching capillaries as cladding was designed and fabricated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. A relatively low loss of 3.75 dB/m at 4.45 µm was realized in it. The effects of capillary number, core diameter, wall thickness of capillary, and material absorption loss on the loss of the HC-ARF were analyzed by the numerically simulation. The output beam quality was measured and the influence of bending on the fiber loss was discussed. The results of numerical simulation suggested that the theoretical loss of the prepared fiber can be reduced to 0.1 dB/m, indicating that tellurite HC-ARFs have great potential for mid-infrared laser applications.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.519034