Loss in hollow-core optical fibers: mechanisms, scaling rules, and limits

E Numkam Fokoua, S Abokhamis Mousavi… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

Hollow core optical fibres with comparable attenuation to silica fibres between 600 and 1100 nm

H Sakr, Y Chen, GT Jasion, TD Bradley… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
For over 50 years, pure or doped silica glass optical fibres have been an unrivalled platform
for the transmission of laser light and optical data at wavelengths from the visible to the near …

The rise of graphene photonic crystal fibers

X Zhou, Q Deng, W Yu, K Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D graphene with tremendous novel properties is an ideal material for optical and
optoelectronic applications. Meanwhile, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have been …

Limits and prospects for long-baseline optical<? TeX\break?> fiber interferometry

C Hilweg, D Shadmany, P Walther, N Mavalvala… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Today's most precise optical<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> instruments—gravitational-wave
interferometers and optical atomic clocks—rely on long storage times for photons to realize …

Extreme measurements with photonic Doppler velocimetry (PDV)

DH Dolan - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Photonic Doppler Velocimetry (PDV) is a fiber-based diagnostic for the extreme conditions
created by high-speed impact, explosive detonation, electrical pulsed power, and intense …

Exceptional polarization purity in antiresonant hollow-core optical fibres

A Taranta, E Numkam Fokoua… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
High-performance interferometers, gyroscopes, frequency combs, quantum information
experiments and optical clocks rely on the transmission of light beams with the highest …

High-speed silicon modulators for the 2 μm wavelength band

W Cao, D Hagan, DJ Thomson, M Nedeljkovic… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The 2 μm wavelength band has become a promising candidate to be the next
communication window. We demonstrate high-speed modulators based on a 220 nm silicon …

Demonstration of quantum network protocols over a 14-km urban fiber link

S Kucera, C Haen, E Arenskötter, T Bauer… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
We report on the implementation of quantum entanglement distribution and quantum state
teleportation over a 14.4 km urban dark-fiber link, which is partially underground, partially …

Scalable network for simultaneous pairwise quantum key distribution via entanglement-based time-bin coding

E Fitzke, L Bialowons, T Dolejsky, M Tippmann… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
We present a scalable star-shaped quantum-key-distribution (QKD) optical-fiber network.
We use wavelength-division demultiplexing (WDM) of broadband photon pairs to establish …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency-modulated comb LIDAR

N Kuse, ME Fermann - Apl Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Frequency-modulated continuous-wave LIDAR (FMCW LIDAR) has been widely used for
both scientific and industrial tools. Here, in this report, a new class of LIDAR technique …