Visible light guidance in silica capillaries by antiresonant reflection

• Hollow silica capillaries are examined as optical waveguides evaluating the antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) effect by sequentially reducing the wall thickness through etching and measuring the optical transmission. It is found that the periodicity of the transmission bands is proportional to the wall thickness and that the propagation loss is of the order of a few dB/m.

Keyword

Fiber characterization

Fiber optics

infrared

Fiber properties

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art (subject category)