Title :
Use of fingers in the core to reduce leakage loss in air-core photonic bandgap fibers
Author :
Hu, Jonathan ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore
Abstract :
We show that the leakage loss with small fingers pointing into the core is three orders of magnitude lower than the loss without small fingers. A PBGF core design with low leakage loss is suggested.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre losses; optical fibres; photonic band gap; PBGF core; air-core photonic bandgap fibers; core pointing fingers; reduced leakage loss; Birefringence; Computer science; Fingers; Finite element methods; Holey fibers; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber losses; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers;
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.2007.4348593
