Abstract
In this paper, we report anti-resonant silica hollow-core fibers (AR-HCFs) for solarization-free ultraviolet (UV) pulse transmission. The new fibers reported have lower attenuation than any previous HCFs for this spectral range. We report a single fiber that guides over a part of the UV-C and the whole of the UV-A spectral regions in adjacent transmission bands. A second AR-HCF is used for delivery of 17 nanosecond laser pulses at 266 nm at 30 kHz repetition rate. The fiber maintained a constant transmission, free of silica fluorescence and solarization-induced fiber degradation while delivering 0.46 μJ pulses for a period of over one hour. By direct comparison, we demonstrate that the single-mode AR-HCF significantly outperforms commercially-available high-OH and solarization-resistant silica multimode fibers for pulsed light delivery in this spectral range.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10879-10887 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Apr 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Jonathan Knight
- Vice Chancellor's Office - Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials
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William Wadsworth
- Department of Physics - Deputy Head of Department
- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials
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Yu, F. (Creator), Cann, M. (Researcher), Brunton, A. (Project Member), Wadsworth, W. (Project Member) & Knight, J. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 13 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00441
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Yu, F., Cann, M., Brunton, A., Wadsworth, W., & Knight, J. (2018). Single-mode solarization-free hollow-core fiber for ultraviolet pulse delivery. Optics Express, 26(8), 10879-10887. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.010879