Design and analysis of large-core single-mode windmill single crystal sapphire optical fiber

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Optical Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066101· OSTI ID:1258655

Cheng, Yujie ^[1]; Hill, Cary ^[2]; Liu, Bo ^[2]; Yu, Zhihao ^[2]; Xuan, Haifeng ^[2]; Homa, Daniel ^[2]; Wang, Anbo ^[2]; Pickrell, Gary ^[2]

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1. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)

We present a large-core single-mode “windmill” single crystal sapphire optical fiber (SCSF) design, which exhibits single-mode operation by stripping off the higher-order modes (HOMs) while maintaining the fundamental mode. The “windmill” SCSF design was analyzed using the finite element analysis method, in which all the HOMs are leaky. The numerical simulation results show single-mode operation in the spectral range from 0.4 to 2 μm in the windmill SCSF, with an effective core diameter as large as 14 μm. Such fiber is expected to improve the performance of many of the current sapphire fiber optic sensor structures.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• Grant/Contract Number: FE0012274
• OSTI ID: 1258655
• Journal Information: Optical Engineering, Journal Name: Optical Engineering Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 55; ISSN 0091-3286
• Publisher: SPIE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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