We describe the history, guiding mechanism, recent advances, applications, and future prospects for hollow-core negative curvature fibers. We first review one-dimensional slab waveguides, two-dimensional annular core fibers, and negative curvature tube lattice fibers to illustrate the inhibited. Abstract—In negative curvature hollow core fibers (NCHCFs), light guidance is based on the capillary structure in the cladding. To achieve desirable fiber propagation properties, various designs of the capillary structure have been proposed in literature.