Abstract
A new approach for the fabrication of preforms used in drawing photonic crystal fibers is described. A multi-step process is used that involves stacking a bundle of rods and tubes of dissimilar glasses, fusing the bundle, and then etching the fused bundle to remove one of the two glasses.
© 2004 Optical Society of America
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