03801nam 22008653a 450 991034669200332120250203235435.09783039210893303921089010.3390/books978-3-03921-089-3(CKB)4920000000094749(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/49502(ScCtBLL)39766143-e2a9-4a39-aa91-704489782609(OCoLC)1126098957(oapen)doab49502(EXLCZ)99492000000009474920250203i20192019 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHollow core optical fibersWalter BelardiMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute2019Basel, Switzerland :MDPI,2019.1 electronic resource (182 p.)9783039210886 3039210882 The possibility of guiding light in air has fascinated optical scientists and engineers since the dawn of optical fiber technology. In the last few years, hollow core optical fibers have been attracting the attention of an expanding worldwide research community, furthering the design, fabrication and device implementation of specialty optical fibers. Hollow core optical fibers are entering almost any specific application field of optics from medicine to security; from telecommunication to industrial processing; from instrumentation to biology. In parallel to the increased number of applications, major advances are still being made on the optimization of hollow core fiber designs and on the study of its underlying guiding properties, as well as in the use of different materials and fabrication techniques, which, in turn, are providing even more ways of exploitation of this technology and new technical challenges. This Special Issue of Fibers rides the wave of this increasing interest in the field of hollow core optical fibers by providing an overview of the recent progress in this field as well as an updated and indicative sample of current research activities worldwide.History of engineering and technologybicsscfiber filtersaddictive manufacturingmicrostructured optical fiber splicinghollow core fibersTHzhollow core fibernegative curvature fibersbeam deliveryfiber lossCO2 lasersfiber design and fabricationoptical fiberultrafast laserschalcogenide glasswaveguidemultiphoton fluorescence spectroscopygas photonicsfabricationhollow-core antiresonant fiberphotonic crystal fibersanti-resonant fibershollow-core photonic crystal fibermicrostructured optical fiberscarbon dioxide laserfiber opticsmicrostructured fibershollow optical fiberendoscopic laser applicationsterahertzoptical fiber sensorsmid-IRanti-resonanthollow-core fibersmodal fiber properties3D printingRaman lasersnumerical modelingHistory of engineering and technologyBelardi Walter131289ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910346692003321Hollow core optical fibers3020272UNINA