Abstract
Anti-resonant hollow core fibres have significant advantages derived from the guidance of light in air, and have been rapidly developed and employed in the near and mid-infrared. Despite comparable or greater benefits in the visible and ultraviolet their development and uptake has been slow due to inherent challenges in their fabrication. In this perspective we provide a brief look at these fabrication challenges, possible solutions and potential applications for hollow core fibres in the short-wavelength limit.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e17476 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Advanced Science |
| Early online date | 20 Jan 2026 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 Jan 2026 |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank David Bird for useful discussions and a critical reading of this work. We would also like to thank various collaborators, particularly those at the Heriot-Watt University and the University of Colorado, who have greatly helped to shape our perspective.Funding
This work was funded by the EPSRC under grant EP/T020903/1.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| EPSRC | EP/T020903/1 |
Keywords
- anti-resonant
- hollow core
- ultraviolet
- visible
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- General Chemical Engineering
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
- General Materials Science
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy