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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microsc Res Tech. 2008 Dec;71(12):887–896. doi: 10.1002/jemt.20634

Table 1.

List of optical fibers used in the fiber characterization

Fiber type
(Manufacturer’s part number)
Core
(μm)
Cladding
(μm)
Fiber
NA
Manufacturer Notation
Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
(AIR-6-800)
6 125 0.17 Crystal Fibre A/S,
Birkerød, Denmark
HCPCF6um
Double-clad photonic crystal fiber
(DC-165-16-Passive)
16 *165 /350 0.04 DCPCF16um

Step-index single-mode fiber
(SMJ-3AF3AF-780-5/125-3-2)
5 125 0.14 OZ optics,
Ontario, Canada
SISMF5um
Step-index multimode fiber
(QMMJ-3AF3AF-UVVIS-10/125-3-2)
10 125 0.10 SIMMF10um
Step-index multimode fiber
(QMMJ-3AF3AF-IRVIS-50/125-3-2)
50 125 0.22 SIMMF50um
Graded-index multimode fiber
(MMJ-3AF3AF-IRVIS-50/125-3-2)
50 125 0.22 GIMMF50um
*

inner cladding/outer cladding