The Airy fibre: an optical fibre that guides light diffracted by a circular aperture

2016/01/15 by Itandehui Gris-Sánchez, I. Gris-Sánchez, Gris-Sánchez, I. +4 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Wireless Communication Technologies #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1601.03841

11 pages

arxiv created 2016/01/15 · openalex publication_date 2016/01/15 · arxiv updated 2016/01/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We have designed and made an optical fibre that guides an approximate Airy pattern as one of its guided modes. The fibre's attenuation was 11.0 dB/km at 1550 nm wavelength, the match between the fibre's mode and the ideal infinite Airy pattern was 93.7%, and the far field resembled a top-hat beam. The guidance mechanism has strong similarities to photonic bandgap guidance.

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