International Study Reveals Exceptional Property of Next Generation Optical Fibres
Written by AZoOpticsFeb 16 2021
Researchers from the University of Southampton and Université Laval, Canada, have successfully measured for the first time back-reflection in cutting-edge hollow-core fibres that is around 10,000 times lower than conventional optical fibres.
Left: Light propagates through a central hole of the hollow-core fibre. Right: co-author Vincent Michaud-Belleau from COPL, Université Laval. Image Credit: University of Southampton
This discovery, published this week in The Optical Society’s flagship Optica journal, highlights yet another optical property in which hollow-core fibres are capable of outperforming standard optical fibres.
Research into improved optical fibres is key to enable progress in numerous photonic applications. Most notably, these would improve Internet performance that heavily relies on optical fibres for data transmission where