Title :
Optimize operational bandwidth through core design in air-core photonic bandgap fibers for IR transmission
Author :
Hu, Jiankun ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We determine the optimal inner glass ring thickness and its dependence on the glass index in infrared PBGFs. We find that the optimal thickness is 0.04Λ and the optimal index is as small as possible.
Keywords :
glass; light transmission; optical fibres; photonic band gap; refractive index; IR transmission; air-core photonic bandgap fibers; glass index; inner glass ring thickness; operational bandwidth; Bandwidth; Design optimization; Geometry; Glass; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Refractive index; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528248
