Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light

There is a great deal of interest in mid-infrared (MIR) light in diverse fields including spectroscopy, biomedical-applications, medical surgery, and astronomy. Due to higher material absorption, MIR light transmission is generally more difficult than visible light or microwave radiation. Recently,...

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Main Authors: Jannatul Ambia Akhi, Md Rejvi Kaysir, Md Jahirul Islam
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180423000326
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author Jannatul Ambia Akhi
Md Rejvi Kaysir
Md Jahirul Islam
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Md Rejvi Kaysir
Md Jahirul Islam
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description There is a great deal of interest in mid-infrared (MIR) light in diverse fields including spectroscopy, biomedical-applications, medical surgery, and astronomy. Due to higher material absorption, MIR light transmission is generally more difficult than visible light or microwave radiation. Recently, hollow-core MIR fibers are one of the best possibilities among presented several innovations having low Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode losses, although they are many orders of magnitude than Transverse Electric (TE) modes. Studies also have found that metamaterial-based HCF offers excellent potential for transmitting MIR light because of its distinct and flexible optical properties. In this study, a metamaterial-based HCF with an optimized design that uses metal wires with subwavelength spacing embedded in dielectric host, and acts as an effective TM reflector is proposed. In the 3 to 12 μm wavelengths, the effects of the design parameters including shape, number, and spacing of metal wires, dielectric thickness, and the diameter of the core are extensively investigated using finite element method. It is observed that TM01 mode losses are the lowest and a noteworthy confinement loss of 4.69× 10−7 dB/m is found at 9.5 μm wavelength, with an average loss of 5.22× 10−5 dB/m found within the range 8–10 μm wavelength. As the wires are wrapped up in a dielectric, there is a preferred position of 4 μm from the core edge and a number of 40 metal wires that results in the least amount of losses. This analysis could help to design low-loss metamaterial based HCF for guiding MIR light.
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spelling doaj.art-3cf22b426f594031baabc0c7db2edb152023-08-28T04:22:49ZengElsevierSensing and Bio-Sensing Research2214-18042023-08-0141100580Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) lightJannatul Ambia Akhi0Md Rejvi Kaysir1Md Jahirul Islam2Photonics Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna 9203, BangladeshPhotonics Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna 9203, BangladeshCorresponding author.; Photonics Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna 9203, BangladeshThere is a great deal of interest in mid-infrared (MIR) light in diverse fields including spectroscopy, biomedical-applications, medical surgery, and astronomy. Due to higher material absorption, MIR light transmission is generally more difficult than visible light or microwave radiation. Recently, hollow-core MIR fibers are one of the best possibilities among presented several innovations having low Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode losses, although they are many orders of magnitude than Transverse Electric (TE) modes. Studies also have found that metamaterial-based HCF offers excellent potential for transmitting MIR light because of its distinct and flexible optical properties. In this study, a metamaterial-based HCF with an optimized design that uses metal wires with subwavelength spacing embedded in dielectric host, and acts as an effective TM reflector is proposed. In the 3 to 12 μm wavelengths, the effects of the design parameters including shape, number, and spacing of metal wires, dielectric thickness, and the diameter of the core are extensively investigated using finite element method. It is observed that TM01 mode losses are the lowest and a noteworthy confinement loss of 4.69× 10−7 dB/m is found at 9.5 μm wavelength, with an average loss of 5.22× 10−5 dB/m found within the range 8–10 μm wavelength. As the wires are wrapped up in a dielectric, there is a preferred position of 4 μm from the core edge and a number of 40 metal wires that results in the least amount of losses. This analysis could help to design low-loss metamaterial based HCF for guiding MIR light.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180423000326Mid-IR lightHollow core fiberMetamaterialHollow metallic fiberTM modeTE mode
spellingShingle Jannatul Ambia Akhi
Md Rejvi Kaysir
Md Jahirul Islam
Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
Mid-IR light
Hollow core fiber
Metamaterial
Hollow metallic fiber
TM mode
TE mode
title Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
title_full Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
title_fullStr Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
title_short Simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid-infrared (MIR) light
title_sort simulation of low loss metamaterial based hollow core fiber for guiding mid infrared mir light
topic Mid-IR light
Hollow core fiber
Metamaterial
Hollow metallic fiber
TM mode
TE mode
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180423000326
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