Hollow-core conjoined-tube negative-curvature fibre with ultralow loss

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 2828 - 6
• Main Authors: Gao, Shou-fei, Wang, Ying-ying, Ding, Wei, Jiang, Dong-liang, Gu, Shuai, Zhang, Xin, Wang, Pu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 19.07.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/624/1075/187; 639/766/1130/2799; Bandwidths; Cladding; Core loss; Curvature; Data transmission; Electric communication systems; Fibers; Humanities and Social Sciences; Light; multidisciplinary; Nonlinear systems; Nonlinearity; Optical communication; Optical fibers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Transmission loss; Tubes; Wave division multiplexing

Countering the optical network ‘capacity crunch’ calls for a radical development in optical fibres that could simultaneously minimize nonlinearity penalties, chromatic dispersion and maximize signal launch power. Hollow-core fibres (HCF) can break the nonlinear Shannon limit of solid-core fibre and...