Tellurite Photonic Crystal Fiber Made By A Stack-and-draw Technique

We report a method for producing, from the raw materials, high optical and geometrical quality glass tubes and photonic crystal fiber (PCF) preforms, without using extrusion or drilling at any stage. A thermal glass study was carried out in order to choose the appropriate glass composition to avoid crystallization problems during the tube, preform and fiber fabrication. A two period PCF was fabricated in addition to a co-doped Erbium and Thulium photonic crystal fiber. In the latter, a 187 nm wide amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum was obtained when pumping a 15 cm long fiber at a wavelength of 790 nm. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.35232-3534233428Russell, P.St.J., (2003) Science, 299, p. 358Knight, J.C., (2003) Nature, 424, p. 847Cregan, R.F., Mangan, B.J., Knight, J.C., Birks, T.A., Russell, P.St.J., Roberts, P.J., Allan, D.C., (1999) Science, 285, p. 1537Luan, F., George, A.K., Hedley, T.D., Pearce, G.J., Bird, D.M., Knight, J.C., Russell, P.StJ., (2004) Opt. Lett., 29, p. 2369Barton, G., van Eijkelenborg, M.A., Henry, G., Large, M.C.J., Zagari, J., (2004) Opt. Fiber Technol., 10 (4), p. 325Ravi Kanth Kumar, V.V., George, A.K., Knight, J.C., Russell, P.St.J., (2003) Opt. Exp., 20, p. 2641Ravi Kanth Kumar, V.V., George, A.K., Reeves, W.H., Knight, J.C., Russell, P.St.J., Omenetto, F.G., Taylor, A.J., (2002) Opt. Exp., 10 (25), p. 1520Kiang, K.M., Frampton, K., Monro, T.M., Moore, R., Tucknott, J., Hewak, D.W., Richardson, D.J., Rutt, H.N., (2002) Electron. Lett., 38 (12), p. 546Feng, X., Mairaj, A.K., Hewak, D.W., Monro, T.M., (2004) Electron. Lett., 40 (3), p. 167Shen, S., Naftaly, M., Jha, A., (2002) Opt. Commun., 205, p. 101Zhu, D., Ray, C.S., Zhou, W., Day, D.E., (2003) J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 319, p. 247Sekiya, T., Mochida, N., Ogawa, S., (1994) J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 176, p. 105Hruby, A., (1972) Czech J. Phys. B, 22, p. 1187Jeong, H., Oh, K., Han, S.R., Morse, T.F., (2003) Opt. Lett., 367, p. 507Chillcce, E.F., Rodriguez, E., Neves, A.A.R., Moreira, W.C., César, C.L., Barbosa, L.C., (2006) Opt. Fiber Technol., 12, p. 18