Title :
Transmission of different angular-momentum modes in cylindrically symmetric photonic bandgap fibers in the near infrared
Author :
Abouraddy, A.F. ; Hu, Q. ; Shapira, O. ; Viens, J. ; Joannopoulos, J.D. ; Fink, Y.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
Abstract :
We report the first controllable transmission of TE01 and HE11 modes (angular momenta 0 and 1, respectively) in cylindrically symmetric photonic bandgap fibers in the near-infrared and confirm that TE01 has lower losses than HE11.
Keywords :
angular momentum; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; photonic band gap; HE11 modes; TE01 modes; angular-momentum modes; cylindrically symmetric photonic bandgap fibers; Infrared spectra; Materials science and technology; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical control; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Photonic bandgap fibers; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453158