Title :
Effects of Structural Distortions on Photonic Band-gap Fibers
Author :
Li, Ming-Jun ; West, James A. ; Koch, Karl W.
Author_Institution :
Sci and Technol. Div., Coming
Abstract :
A scanning electron micrograph of a photonic band-gap fiber profile is analyzed using a finite element method. It is shown that structural distortions have significant impacts on fiber properties such as bandwidth and tunneling loss.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; optical distortion; optical fibres; photonic band gap; finite element method; photonic band-gap fibers; scanning electron micrograph; structural distortions; tunneling loss; Bandwidth; Electronic mail; Finite element methods; Geometry; Numerical analysis; Optical distortion; Optical fiber losses; Photonic band gap; Propagation losses; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348590
