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Multicore photonic crystal fibre

Multicore photonic crystal fibre
Multicore photonic crystal fibre
The fabrication procedure used in forming photonic crystal fibre lends itself to the fabrication of fibre with more than one core. Previous multicore fibres have been made by fusing together several monocore preforms, a time-consuming and costly process. We have recently shown that multicore photonic crystal fibre can be fabricated as easily and as quickly as single-core fibre, and have made a fibre with six symmetrically placed cores.
The individual cores can be made to support a single or several guided modes by changing the temperature at which the fibre is drawn. Likewise, the coupling between the cores is determined by the drawing temperature as well as by the fibre design. This configuration offers the opportunity to study the coupling between a large number of cores under a variety of conditions, as well as having possible applications in sensing. We present some preliminary results on different mode and coupling configurations, and their wavelength dependence.
Knight, J.C.
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Mangan, B.
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Birks, T.A.
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Russell, P.St.J.
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de Sandro, J.P.
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Knight, J.C.
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Mangan, B.
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Birks, T.A.
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Russell, P.St.J.
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de Sandro, J.P.
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Knight, J.C., Mangan, B., Birks, T.A., Russell, P.St.J. and de Sandro, J.P. (1997) Multicore photonic crystal fibre. IOP Meeting on In-Fibre Bragg Gratings and Special Fibres, London, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

The fabrication procedure used in forming photonic crystal fibre lends itself to the fabrication of fibre with more than one core. Previous multicore fibres have been made by fusing together several monocore preforms, a time-consuming and costly process. We have recently shown that multicore photonic crystal fibre can be fabricated as easily and as quickly as single-core fibre, and have made a fibre with six symmetrically placed cores.
The individual cores can be made to support a single or several guided modes by changing the temperature at which the fibre is drawn. Likewise, the coupling between the cores is determined by the drawing temperature as well as by the fibre design. This configuration offers the opportunity to study the coupling between a large number of cores under a variety of conditions, as well as having possible applications in sensing. We present some preliminary results on different mode and coupling configurations, and their wavelength dependence.

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Published date: 7 May 1997
Venue - Dates: IOP Meeting on In-Fibre Bragg Gratings and Special Fibres, London, United Kingdom, 1997-05-06

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Local EPrints ID: 76758
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/76758
PURE UUID: 8acc4481-da18-481c-b446-42b0845ba750

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 17:05

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Author: J.C. Knight
Author: B. Mangan
Author: T.A. Birks
Author: P.St.J. Russell
Author: J.P. de Sandro

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