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by itishappy 1285 days ago
Hollow core fiber? Total internal reflection requires the core to be a higher index of refraction than the cladding, so I wonder how that works!

Turns out, it functions differently. Instead of total internal refraction it has to rely on weird physics like photonic crystals. The pictures are absolutely wild.

https://www.rp-photonics.com/hollow_core_fibers.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+core+fiber&tbm=isch

1 comments

Fascinating; thanks for the links. I wonder how the splicing process works for that.