| dc.contributor.advisor | Yoel Fink. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Ruff, Zachary | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-12T18:56:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-12T18:56:21Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59249 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2010. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. [41-42]). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (PBG) offer the opportunity to suppress highly the optical absorption and nonlinearities of their constituent materials, which makes them viable candidates for transmitting high-peak power pulses. This thesis demonstrates the fabrication and characterization of polymer-composite PBG fibers in a novel materials system, polycarbonate and arsenic sulfide glass. Propagation losses for the 60pm-core fibers are less than 2dB/m, a 52x improvement over previous PBG fibers at this wavelength. Through preferential coupling the fiber is capable of operating with over 97% the fiber's power output in the fundamental (HE,,) mode. The fiber transmitted pulses with peak powers of 11.4 MW before failure. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Zachary Ruff. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | [42] p. (unpaged) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by
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| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Photonic bandgap fibers for transmitting high peak-power pulses in the near infrared | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 666867631 | en_US |
