HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER BASED OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR BROADBAND RADIATION GENERATION

• Main Authors: BALTIS, Coen Hubertus Matheus, UEBEL, Patrick Sebastian, GÖTZ, Peter Maximilian, RAVENSBERGEN, Janneke, BAUERSCHMIDT, Sebastian Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.04.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; GLASS; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

Optical components and methods of manufacture thereof. A first optical component has a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber includes internal capillaries for guiding radiation and an outer capillary sheathing the internal capillaries; and at least an output end section having a larger inner cross-sectional dimension over at least a portion of the output end section than an inner cross-sectional dimension of the outer capillary along a central portion of the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber prior to the output end section. A second optical component includes a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber and a sleeve arrangement.