DocumentCode
1934186
Title
Photonic band-gap fiber: fiber of the future?
Author
West, J.A. ; Venkataraman, N. ; Gallagher, M.T. ; Smith, C.M. ; Muller, D. ; Allan, D.C. ; Borrelli, N.F. ; Koch, K.W.
Author_Institution
Corning Inc., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
14-16 July 2003
Abstract
We briefly review the state-of-the art in photonic band-gap fibers. Recent reduction in attenuation to 13 dB/km demonstrates the potential of these hollow-core fibers to provide low-loss and low-nonlinearity for a variety of applications including transmission fiber.
Keywords
nonlinear optics; optical design techniques; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; reviews; hollow-core fibers; low-loss fibers; low-nonlinearity fibers; photonic band-gap fiber; transmission fiber; Hollow waveguides; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7982-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224250
Filename
1224250
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