Title :
Leakage loss of air-guiding honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Yan, M. ; Shum, P.
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We report a new class of air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber using honeycomb air-silica cladding design. Full-vector numerical simulation shows the leakage loss can be as small as 0.06 dB/m using eight cladding rings.
Keywords :
honeycomb structures; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; silicon compounds; air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber; full-vector numerical simulation; honeycomb air-silica cladding design; leakage loss; Lattices; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystals; Pulse width modulation; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192492
