• DocumentCode
    1771632
  • Title

    Selective excitation of pure higher order modes in hollow-core PCF via side-coupling

  • Author

    Trabold, B.M. ; Novoa, D. ; Abdolvand, A. ; Russell, Philip St.J

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Side-coupling enables the selective excitation of individual higher order modes in hollow-core PCF, permitting the complex near-field modal patterns to be cleanly observed at any wavelength. Modal phase indices and losses can be accurately measured.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; complex near-field modal patterns; hollow-core PCF; modal phase indices; optical losses; photonic crystal fibers; pure higher order modes; selective excitation; side-coupling; Indexes; Laser beams; Loss measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Structural beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989530