Photonic bandgap fibers: theory and experiments

Author

Bjarklev, A. ; Broeng, J. ; Barkou, S.E.

Author_Institution

Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

336

Abstract

We will in this presentation address, show how the fiber cladding structure influences the resulting waveguiding properties. The core may be introduced by breaking the periodicity of the air holes at the center of the fiber. It has been demonstrated experimentally that this makes it possible to localize modes in the core region by the photonic band gap (PBG) effect. The photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) were first proposed for a high-index-core region, surrounded by a periodic dielectric structure consisting of a matrix of microscopic holes placed in a silica-glass-base material

Keywords

optical fibre theory; periodic structures; photonic band gap; air hole periodicity; core region; fiber cladding structure; high-index-core region; microscopic holes; periodic dielectric structure; photonic band gap effect; photonic bandgap fibers; photonic crystal fibers; silica-glass-base material; waveguiding properties; Dielectric materials; Lattices; Lead; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.890815

Filename

890815