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News Release from: Newport Spectra-Physics | Subject: Photonic crystal fibres
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2004
Speciality fibres aid laboratory
research
Newport now supports the burgeoning market for photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) with the introduction of a comprehensive line of prepackaged products targeted at laboratory research.
Newport Corporation now supports the burgeoning market for photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) with the introduction of a comprehensive line of prepackaged products targeted at laboratory research The initial product offering comprises all PCF types, including endless single-mode fibre, hollow-core fibre, polarisation-preserving fibre, photonic-bandgap fibre and fibre with highly nonlinear performance
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Specific products include bare fibres as short as 1m, fibres with sealed ends, and connectorised fibres.
These PCF products are fabricated by Crystal Fibre, under an exclusive agreement with Newport Corp.
Ron Hartmayer, Director of Marketing, Photonic Products, notes: "Applications for PCFs are at a very nascent and critical stage.
As with previous new photonics technologies, Newport's goal is to support and nurture these applications at the research level with the convenience of 'off the shelf' products".
Photonic crystal fibres are fibres containing air voids or holes.
These holes can serve two purposes.
A central hole can be used to form a hollow core fibre suitable for carrying very high laser power levels, as in robotic materials processing.
These types of hollow-core fibre can also feature very low transmission losses over extended distances.
Arrays of tiny through holes are also used to lower the effective refractive index of the glass fibre core and/or cladding, without the problems introduced by doping.
This approach can be used to provide single mode performance over a very large wavelength range.
Other fibres yield very high nonlinear coefficients and can be used to generate ultrabroadband (supercontinuum) light when pumped with femtosecond pulsed lasers.
Ytterbium doped PCFs are also available to form the basis of high performance lasers or optical gain amplifiers. Request a free brochure from Newport Spectra-Physics ...
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