0.174 dB/km Hollow Core Double Nested Antiresonant Nodeless Fiber (DNANF)
Gregory T. Jasion, Hesham Sakr, J. R. Hayes, S. R. Sandoghchi, Lucy Hooper, Eric Numkam Fokoua, Arsalan Saljoghei, Hans Christian Hansen Mulvad, Marcelo Alonso, Austin Taranta, Thomas D. Bradley, Ian Davidson, Yong Chen, David J. Richardson, Francesco Poletti
Abstract
We report the first double-nested antiresonant hollow core fiber. The fiber matches the loss of commercial solid core fibers in the C-band (0.174 dB/km) and fundamentally improves it (0.22 dB/km) in the O-band.
Topics & Concepts
Core (optical fiber)FiberMaterials scienceOpticsPhysicsComposite materialPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors