Recent progress in low-loss hollow-core anti-resonant fibers and their applications

W Ding, YY Wang, SF Gao, ML Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the research field of hollow-core optical fiber (HCF), one type of fiber geometry with a
leaky mode nature has unexpectedly taken center stage over the last couple of years: the so …

Loss in hollow-core optical fibers: mechanisms, scaling rules, and limits

E Numkam Fokoua, S Abokhamis Mousavi… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

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

S Gao, Y Wang, W Ding, D Jiang, S Gu, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Countering the optical network 'capacity crunch'calls for a radical development in optical
fibres that could simultaneously minimize nonlinearity penalties, chromatic dispersion and …

Sensitive carbon monoxide detection based on laser absorption spectroscopy with hollow‐core antiresonant fiber

W Chen, S Qiao, Z Zhao, S Gao… - Microwave and Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A carbon monoxide (CO) sensing system based on hollow‐core antiresonant fiber (HC‐
ARF) is developed using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technology …

Hollow-core anti-resonant fiber based light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy for gas sensing

Y Ma, W Feng, S Qiao, Z Zhao, SF Gao, YY Wang - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a hollow-core anti-resonant fiber (HC-ARF) based light-induced thermoelastic
spectroscopy (LITES) sensor is reported. A custom-made silica-based HC-ARF with length …

Highly Birefringent Anti‐Resonant Hollow‐Core Fiber with a Bi‐Thickness Fourfold Semi‐Tube Structure

Y Hong, S Gao, W Ding, X Zhang, A Jia… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The optical performance characteristics of anti‐resonant hollow‐core fibers (known as AR‐
HCFs or ARFs) are improving rapidly, but the polarization maintaining issue with these fibers …

High peak power 2.8 μm Raman laser in a methane-filled negative-curvature fiber

L Cao, S Gao, Z Peng, X Wang, Y Wang, P Wang - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a 2.8 μm gas Raman laser in a methane-filled hollow-core negative-
curvature fiber with average power of 113 mW, pulse energy of 113 μJ and estimated peak …

Azimuthal confinement: the missing ingredient in understanding confinement loss in antiresonant, hollow-core fibers

LR Murphy, D Bird - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Antiresonant, hollow-core optical fibers are currently challenging or even exceeding the loss
performance of conventional solid-core fibers. Despite this progress, there are aspects of the …

Photothermal CO detection in a hollow-core negative curvature fiber

C Yao, Q Wang, Y Lin, W Jin, L Xiao, S Gao, Y Wang… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the first, to the best of our knowledge, photothermal carbon monoxide (CO)
sensor using a hollow-core negative curvature fiber. The hollow-core fiber features a typical …

Hollow-core negative-curvature fiber for UV guidance

SF Gao, YY Wang, W Ding, P Wang - Optics letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
UV guiding fibers are highly sought after in laser and spectroscopy applications. Recent
advances in hollow-core fiber orient a practical approach for proper UV light delivery …