Silver halide single-mode fibers for the middle infrared

S. Shalem, A. Tsun, E. Rave, A. Millo, L. Nagli, A. Katzir

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Abstract

There is an interest in single-mode fibers that are highly transparent in the middle infrared. Such fibers would be valuable for spectroscopy, interferometry, fiber lasers, and heterodyne detection. We developed core-clad fibers made of crystalline silver halides, with external diameter 900 μm, small core diameters (50-60 μm) and an extremely small difference (∼0.004) between the indices of refraction of the core and the clad. These fibers behaved as single-mode fibers at the wavelength 10.6 μm.

Original languageEnglish
Article number091103
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume87
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Aug 2005
Externally publishedYes

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