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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
University of Southampton, Southampton, GB;
Gregory Teofil Jasion, Southampton, GB;
Francesco Poletti, Southampton, GB;
University of Southampton, Southampton, GB;
Abstract
A hollow core optical fibre comprises a tubular jacket; a cladding comprising a plurality of primary capillaries spaced apart from one another in a ring and each bonded to an inner surface of the jacket at a peripheral location around the circumference of the jacket; and a hollow core formed by a central void within the ring of primary capillaries; wherein the cladding further comprises, within each primary capillary, two secondary capillaries and no more, the two secondary capillaries spaced apart from one another and each bonded to an inner surface of the primary capillary at an azimuthal location around the circumference of the primary capillary which is displaced from the peripheral location of the primary capillary.