• DocumentCode
    2018714
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215948
  • Filename
    1636979