• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 5, 050602 (2019)
Xiang Chen, Xiongwei Hu, and Jinyan Li*
Author Affiliations
  • Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP56.050602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xiang Chen, Xiongwei Hu, Jinyan Li. Influence Factors of Confinement Loss of Negative Curvature Hollow Core Fiber[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(5): 050602 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of resonance and anti-resonance
    Fig. 1. Schematic of resonance and anti-resonance
    Electric field mode in negative curvature hollow core fiber. (a) Fundamental mode; (b) tube mode
    Fig. 2. Electric field mode in negative curvature hollow core fiber. (a) Fundamental mode; (b) tube mode
    Structure of single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Fig. 3. Structure of single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Effective refractive index of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Fig. 4. Effective refractive index of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Power ratio of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Fig. 5. Power ratio of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Fig. 6. Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube thicknesses
    Effective refractive index of fundamental mode and tube mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Fig. 7. Effective refractive index of fundamental mode and tube mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Fig. 8. Power ratio of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Fig. 9. Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube diameters with 20 μm core diameter
    Fig. 10. Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different tube diameters with 20 μm core diameter
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different RT/C
    Fig. 11. Confinement loss of fundamental mode at different RT/C
    Negative curvature hollow core fibers. (a) Two layers four tubes with nested tubes; (b) three layers four tubes with nested tubes
    Fig. 12. Negative curvature hollow core fibers. (a) Two layers four tubes with nested tubes; (b) three layers four tubes with nested tubes
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Fig. 13. Confinement loss of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Fig. 14. Power ratio of fundamental mode in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Variation of power ratio of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Fig. 15. Variation of power ratio of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in two layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Three layers slab optical waveguide
    Fig. 16. Three layers slab optical waveguide
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer,two layers and three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Fig. 17. Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer,two layers and three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Power ratio of fundamental mode in negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Fig. 18. Power ratio of fundamental mode in negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Variation of confinement loss of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Fig. 19. Variation of confinement loss of fundamental mode with thickness of air layer in three layers four tubes negative curvature hollow core fiber with nested tubes
    Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer, two layers and, three layers 6 and 8 tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    Fig. 20. Confinement loss of fundamental mode in single layer, two layers and, three layers 6 and 8 tubes negative curvature hollow core fibers
    ModeEffective indexAverage confinement loss /(dB·km-1)
    LP010.998602966000370-1.69859841840119×10-110.998602958935283-1.97651259342529×10-116.47×10-1
    LP110.996709063613520-5.75814156104491×10-80.996679673022994-4.67351275404594×10-80.996621156318788-5.96804687485307×10-90.996592958466542-2.16581295879327×10-99.89×102
    LP210.994798584019113-8.33081319495409×10-60.994798584019113-8.33081319494673×10-60.994798445347296-8.33114153520580×10-60.994798445347296-8.33114153520367×10-62.93×105
    LP020.993481085871916-4.60717915161041×10-70.993480894105488-4.59180599078204×10-71.62×104
    Table 1. Mode effective index and confinement loss of negative curvature hollow core fiber
    StructuralparameterInitialconfinementloss/ (dB·km-1)Confinement loss whenparameter positivefloating 1% /(dB·km-1)Confinement loss whenparameter negativefloating 1% /(dB·km-1)Influence /%
    Core diameter (20 μm)0.6471.3341.608148.53
    Glass wall thickness (0.4 μm)2.3640.986265.38
    Air layer thickness (9 μm)2.6200.793304.95
    Inner tube diameter (18 μm)2.9520.964356.26
    Table 2. Structural fault tolerance of negative curvature hollow core fiber
    Xiang Chen, Xiongwei Hu, Jinyan Li. Influence Factors of Confinement Loss of Negative Curvature Hollow Core Fiber[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(5): 050602
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