Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibers for Extreme Light Propagation
Abstract
This program will investigate novel air guiding fibers that address critical physical limitations of conventional optical fibers. Scientifically, the proposed research will provide a unique opportunity to understand at a deeper level the guidance and loss mechanisms of antiresonant hollow core (AR-HC) fibers in order to demonstrate novel ultralow loss fiber structures. These hollow core fiber designs have the potential for single mode light transport over wide transmission windows with losses below 1 dB/km and orders of magnitude higher damage and nonlinear thresholds compared to conventional silica core fibers. Fibers with this level of performance can open up applications not possible using current fibers technologies such as: long distance high optical power transport (kW power delivery over km range), ultrahigh peak power/energy delivery, low latency broadband data transmission, as well as low-loss UV and mid-IR transmission. These novel AR-HC fibers will find useful applications in a variety of fields in science and engineering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 24, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910426
Entities
People
- Rodrigo Amezcua Correa
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Central Florida