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Metallic mode confinement in microstructured fibres

  • Jing Hou
  • , David Bird
  • , Alan George
  • , Stefan Maier
  • , Boris T. Kuhlmey
  • , J. C. Knight

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Abstract

We report the first long, uniform, optical fibers in which visible light is guided in a single mode by metallic reflection. We describe the fabrication, experiment and characterization of these metallic optical fibers and compare them with theoretical calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5983-5990
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume16
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Apr 2008
Externally publishedYes

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