• DocumentCode
    2253552
  • Title

    Control of surface modes in low loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

  • Author

    Amezcua-Correa, R. ; Gerome, F. ; Leon-Saval, S. ; Broderick, N. G R ; Birks, T.A. ; Knight, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Physic, Univ. of Bath, Bath
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report low-loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers free from surface modes. They have low attenuation over the full spectral width of the bandgap, and approximately halved dispersion and dispersion slope compared to previous fibers.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical materials; photonic band gap; fibre dispersion; low loss hollow-core PBGF; photonic bandgap fibers; surface mode control; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (230.4000) Microstructure fabrication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572195