Abstract
In this letter, we report the design and development of improved step-index silver halide (AgClBr) single mode fibers. These fibers exhibited round and symmetrical field mode distribution while efficiently suppressing the higher order modes. The losses of the fundamental mode were 10-20 dBm at λ=10.6 μm, and the minimum fiber length needed for single mode operation was ∼50 cm. These fibers will be useful as spatial filters for middle infrared interferometry.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 251112 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to thank NASA-JPL and especially Dr. Peter Lawson and Dr. Alexander Ksendzov for partial support of this work (Contract No. DCO 120-012103).
Funding
The authors wish to thank NASA-JPL and especially Dr. Peter Lawson and Dr. Alexander Ksendzov for partial support of this work (Contract No. DCO 120-012103).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| NASA-JPL | DCO 120-012103 |