Title : 
Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers with improved performance
         
        
            Author : 
Correa, R. Amezcua ; Knight, Jonathan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We review the development of surface-mode free hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and discuss the advantages of this new fiber compared to previous designs.
         
        
            Keywords : 
holey fibres; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; photonic bandgap fibers; surface mode; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic bandgap fibers; hollow-core waveguides;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Acapulco
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1931-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1932-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688582