Title :
Design of Large Hollow-Core Photonic Band-Gap Fibers with Suppressed Higher-Order Modes
Author :
Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Florous, Nikolaos ; Murao, Tadashi ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
Abstract :
We present the suppression of higher-order modes in realistic large-hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers, free of surface modes, based on the index-matching mechanism of central air-core modes with defected outer-core modes for an effectively single-mode operation.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; photonic band gap; central air-core modes; index-matching mechanism; large-hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers; outer-core modes; single-mode operation; suppressed higher-order modes; surface modes; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical scattering; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Resonance light scattering; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348589
