• DocumentCode
    2992637
  • Title

    Bending Losses in all Solid 2D Photonic Band-Gap Fibers: A limiting Factor?

  • Author

    Pureur, V. ; Bétourné, A. ; Bouwmans, G. ; Bigot, L. ; Douay, M. ; Quiquempois, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, IRCICA, Université des Sciences et Technologies de, Lille, Bâtiment P5, 59655 Villeneuve d´´Ascq cedex, France
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Bending losses are investigated experimentally and numerically in a solid-core bandgap fiber with parabolic refractive index inclusions. Previous record of 20 dB/km is reduced to 6 dB/km by increasing the fiber bend radius.
  • Keywords
    Atom lasers; Fiber lasers; Loss measurement; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801227
  • Filename
    4801227