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Hollow-core fibres for temperature-insensitive fibre optics and its demonstration in an optoelectronic oscillator

Hollow-core fibres for temperature-insensitive fibre optics and its demonstration in an optoelectronic oscillator
Hollow-core fibres for temperature-insensitive fibre optics and its demonstration in an optoelectronic oscillator
Many scientific and practical applications require the propagation time through cables to be well defined and known., e.g., an error in the evaluation of signal propagation time in the OPERA experiment in 2011 initially erroneously concluded that Neutrinos are faster than light. In fact, there are many other physical infrastructures such as synchrotrons, particle accelerators, telescope arrays and phase arrayed antennae that also rely on precise time synchronization. Time synchronization is also of importance in new practical applications like autonomous manufacturing (e.g., synchronization of assembly line robots) and upcoming 5G networks, Fig. 1. Even when the propagation time through a coaxial cable or optical fibre is carefully calibrated, it is affected by changes in the ambient temperature, posing a serious technological challenge. We show how hollow-core optical fibres can address this issue.
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Mutugala, Udara Sandamal
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Mutugala, Udara Sandamal, Numkam Fokoua, Eric, Chen, Yong, Bradley, Thomas, Sandoghchi, Seyed Reza, Jasion, Gregory, Curtis, Rowan, Petrovich, Marco, Poletti, Francesco, Richardson, David and Slavík, Radan (2018) Hollow-core fibres for temperature-insensitive fibre optics and its demonstration in an optoelectronic oscillator. Scientific Reports, 8, [18015]. (doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36064-1).

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Many scientific and practical applications require the propagation time through cables to be well defined and known., e.g., an error in the evaluation of signal propagation time in the OPERA experiment in 2011 initially erroneously concluded that Neutrinos are faster than light. In fact, there are many other physical infrastructures such as synchrotrons, particle accelerators, telescope arrays and phase arrayed antennae that also rely on precise time synchronization. Time synchronization is also of importance in new practical applications like autonomous manufacturing (e.g., synchronization of assembly line robots) and upcoming 5G networks, Fig. 1. Even when the propagation time through a coaxial cable or optical fibre is carefully calibrated, it is affected by changes in the ambient temperature, posing a serious technological challenge. We show how hollow-core optical fibres can address this issue.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 November 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 December 2018
Published date: 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 427200
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/427200
ISSN: 2045-2322
PURE UUID: c818849d-6cff-443e-97aa-63b295b809f2
ORCID for Eric Numkam Fokoua: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-911X
ORCID for Yong Chen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-6113
ORCID for Thomas Bradley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-5811
ORCID for Seyed Reza Sandoghchi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-3167
ORCID for Gregory Jasion: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5030-6479
ORCID for Marco Petrovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-5901
ORCID for Francesco Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083
ORCID for David Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for Radan Slavík: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9336-4262

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Date deposited: 07 Jan 2019 17:30
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Author: Udara Sandamal Mutugala
Author: Eric Numkam Fokoua ORCID iD
Author: Yong Chen ORCID iD
Author: Thomas Bradley ORCID iD
Author: Seyed Reza Sandoghchi ORCID iD
Author: Gregory Jasion ORCID iD
Author: Rowan Curtis
Author: Marco Petrovich ORCID iD
Author: Radan Slavík ORCID iD

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