Abstract
We report several small-core chalcogenide microstructured fibers fabricated by the “Stack & Draw” technique from glass with regular profiles. Mode field diameters and losses have been measured at . For one of the presented fibers, the pitch is , three times smaller than that already obtained in our previous work, and the corresponding mode field diameter is now as small as . This fiber, obtained using a two step “Stack & Draw” technique, is single-mode at from a practical point of view. We also report the first measurement of the attenuation between 1 and of a chalcogenide microstructured fiber. Experimental data concerning fiber attenuation and mode field diameter are compared with calculations. Finally, the origin of fiber attenuation and the nonlinearity of the fibers are discussed.
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