Title :
Loss and bandgap analysis in air-core photonic bandgap fiber for IR transmission
Author :
Hu, Jonathan ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
We show that loss is minimized at an air-filling factor of 0.8 with a refractive index of 2.4 in photonic bandgap chalcogenide fiber (lambda = 4 mum). This air-filling factor also corresponds to the maximum relative bandgap
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; optical design techniques; optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; refractive index; 4 mum; IR transmission; air-core photonic bandgap fiber; air-filling factor; chalcogenide fiber; fiber loss; maximum relative bandgap; refractive index; Computer science; Frequency; Glass; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystals; Propagation losses; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215948
