METHOD OF PRODUCING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4289798A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-13

    申请号:EP22177524.0

    申请日:2022-06-07

    摘要: A method of producing photonic crystal fiber (PCF) preforms, comprising obtaining a plurality of preform capillaries; measuring the wall thickness of each of the plurality of preform capillaries along at least a portion of its circumference at one or more axial positions; selecting a number of preform capillaries from the plurality of preform capillaries at least based on a thickness criterion,; and placing the selected preform capillaries in a glass tube (or jacket tube) to form a PCF preform having at least one ring arrangement of the selected preform capillaries; wherein the selected preform capillaries are oriented such that the portion of each of the selected preform capillaries, within which the measured wall thicknesses vary from the nominal wall thickness by no more than the maximum thickness variation, faces a longitudinal axis of the glass tube, said glass tube being substantially symmetrical about the longitudinal axis.

    APPARATUS FOR BROADBAND RADIATION GENERATION

    公开(公告)号:EP4300183A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-03

    申请号:EP22182091.3

    申请日:2022-06-30

    IPC分类号: G02F1/35 G02B6/02 G02F1/365

    摘要: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure there is provided an apparatus for broadband radiation generation, the apparatus comprising a hollow-core fiber at least partially disposed in an enclosure, the enclosure comprising: a body; and a heat transport region configured to transport heat from the hollow-core fiber to the body of the enclosure, the heat transport region comprising a first medium disposed between the hollow-core fiber and the body of the enclosure; wherein, in at least one radial direction from the hollow-core fiber, the heat transport region further comprises a second medium disposed between the first medium and the body of the enclosure over a portion of a length of the enclosure, the second medium comprising a solid and/or a liquid; and wherein a radial distance between the hollow-core fiber and the second medium is less than or equal to 1 mm over the portion.

    HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER BASED BROADBAND RADIATION GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:EP4174568A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-03

    申请号:EP21205790.5

    申请日:2021-11-01

    IPC分类号: G02F1/365 G02B6/02

    摘要: A source control arrangement for a radiation source comprising a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) having a hollow core with a core diameter, comprising: at least one processor; and a pulse chirping arrangement configured to receive pulsed pump radiation and controllably chirp the pulsed pump radiation so as to output chirped pulsed pump radiation for exciting a working medium comprised within the hollow core of the fiber at a pressure. The at least one processor is operable to configure source parameters of the radiation source, which include one or both of the pressure and a pulse chirp parameter, such that the chirped pulsed pump radiation undergoes a spectral broadening process within the HC-PCF, thereby generating an output radiation having a predefined spectrum for a reference core diameter of the HC-PCF, so as to compensate for variation in the core diameter with respect to the reference core diameter.