Abstract
A two-step approach to produce robust chalcogenide fibers with <1 dB/m loss across the infrared is introduced. The new approach consists of double-crucible cane fabrication of highly purified chalcogenide-glass combined with multimaterial thermal fiber drawing.
© 2016 Optical Society of America
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