• DocumentCode
    3110667
  • Title

    Modifying photonic crystal fibres

  • Author

    Birk, T.A. ; Grogan, M.D.W. ; Chen, Z. ; Xiao, L.M. ; Leon-Saval, S.G. ; Xiong, C. ; England, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use controlled hole collapse in photonic crystal fibres to reduce the splice loss between dissimilar fibres. We also describe a hollow-core PCF as a support for a waveguide core made from silica aerogel.
  • Keywords
    aerogels; photonic crystals; controlled hole collapse; photonic crystal fibres; silica aerogel; waveguide core; Fiber nonlinear optics; Methanol; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber losses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Silicon compounds; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5214263
  • Filename
    5214263