Belarusian Hollow-Core Fiber OM3
This fiber is a bend-insensitive, graded-index multimode fiber designed for transmission speeds of 1 Gbps but also appropriate for transmission speeds of up to 10 Gb/s. 10 dB/km at 1550 nm, while the lowest attenuation achieved in a single-mode fiber with a pure silica core equals 0. Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) has been reduced to a level typical of SMFs, through fiber spinning. By replacing the solid core with an air-filled channel, hollow-core fibers (HCFs) allow light to propagate at nearly its vacuum speed, reaching approximately 3×10 8 meters per second. Recent advances in reducing optical losses and the prospects for telecommunication applications of hollow-core fibers, issues of transporting high-intensity optical radiation, and results on nonlinear compression and the generation of ultrashort pulses in gas-filled hollow-core fibers are reviewed.
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