German Researchers Guide Light Along Coreless Photonic Crystal Fibers

摘要

Coreless optical fiber: If a photonic crystal fiber is twisted, it does not require a core with a different refractive index to trap light at its center. Image courtesy of MPI for the Science of Light Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in Erlangen, Germany are the first to successfully guide light through a coreless photonic crystal fiber (PCF).