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Optical fibres

The fibre fuse effect in microstructured fibres

E. M. Dianov^a, A. A. Frolov^a, I. A. Bufetov^a, S. L. Semenov^a, Yu. K. Chamorovsky^b, G. A. Ivanov^b, I. L. Vorob'ev<sup>b

a</sup> Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The fibre fuse effect was observed for the first time in microstructured fibres exposed to laser radiation. The threshold power for this effect in such fibres is an order of magnitude higher than that for conventional silica fibres.

PACS: 42.81.Cn

Received: 01.07.2003

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2004, 34:1, 59–61

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