Bend Insensitive Hollow Core DNANF with SMF-Matching Mode Field Diameter and 125µm Outer Diameter for Low Loss Direct Interconnection in Short Reach Applications

Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji, Jaroslaw Rzegocki, Ian Davidson, Gianluca Guerra, Gregory T. Jasion, Seyed Mohammad Abokhamis Mousavi, Yongmin Jung, Austin Taranta, Kyle R. H. Bottrill, Periklis Petropoulos,

2024 · 10 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We present the first 125µm outer diameter hollow-core fibre with a 10.6µm mode-field diameter allowing direct low-loss splicing to G652 SMF. We demonstrate O-to-C-band transmission and bend-insensitive single-mode operation, attractive for low-latency sub-1km communications.

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