Title :
Control of surface modes in low loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Author :
Amezcua-Correa, R. ; Gerome, F. ; Leon-Saval, S. ; Broderick, N. G R ; Birks, T.A. ; Knight, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physic, Univ. of Bath, Bath
Abstract :
We report low-loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers free from surface modes. They have low attenuation over the full spectral width of the bandgap, and approximately halved dispersion and dispersion slope compared to previous fibers.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical materials; photonic band gap; fibre dispersion; low loss hollow-core PBGF; photonic bandgap fibers; surface mode control; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (230.4000) Microstructure fabrication;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
