Fluid-Filled Solid-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibers

Author

Kuhlmey, Boris T. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Wu, Darran K C

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics & Opt. Sci. (IPOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Volume

27

Issue

11

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1617

Lastpage

1630

Abstract

We review the field of fluid-filled solid-core photonic bandgap fibers (SC-PBGF): we present the mechanisms and models of light guidance in these fibers, and how the guidance properties are sensitive to the refractive index of the infiltrated fluid. We discuss how this sensitivity can be used for creating tunable devices such as filters, delay lines and tunable non-linear pulse propagation experiments. We review refractive index sensors based on SC-PBGFs, including band edge sensing, SC-PBGF based long period grating sensing and new results on selectively filled SC-PBGFs which are the most sensitive microstructured fiber based sensors to date. We also discuss practical aspects of fluid filling.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; optical delay lines; optical fibre theory; optical filters; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refractive index; band edge sensing; delay lines; filters; fluid-filled solid-core photonic bandgap fibers; infiltrated fluid; light guidance; long period grating sensing; refractive index; sensor; tunable devices; tunable nonlinear pulse propagation; Optical fibers; optical fiber devices; photonic crystal fibres;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2021142

Filename

4909052