• DocumentCode
    1681210
  • Title

    Use of fingers in the core to reduce leakage loss in air-core photonic bandgap fibers

  • Author

    Hu, Jonathan ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show that the leakage loss with small fingers pointing into the core is three orders of magnitude lower than the loss without small fingers. A PBGF core design with low leakage loss is suggested.
  • Keywords
    optical design techniques; optical fibre losses; optical fibres; photonic band gap; PBGF core; air-core photonic bandgap fibers; core pointing fingers; reduced leakage loss; Birefringence; Computer science; Fingers; Finite element methods; Holey fibers; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber losses; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348593
  • Filename
    4348593
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1681210