• DocumentCode
    2018796
  • Title

    Reducing losses in photonic crystal fibres

  • Author

    Birks, T.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    The loss of photonic crystal fibres is determined by the fibre attenuation, and also input and output coupling losses. I will review present understanding of both types of loss, and how they can be mitigated
  • Keywords
    optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; fibre attenuation; input coupling loss; output coupling loss; photonic crystal fibres; Glass; Light scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Propagation losses; Rayleigh scattering; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215950
  • Filename
    1636981