Title : 
Broadband Infrared Transmission in a Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibre Free of Surface Modes
         
        
            Author : 
Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo ; Petrovich, M.N. ; Broderick, N.G. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Delmonte, T. ; Watson, M.A. ; Driscoll, E. J O
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, Southampton SO 17 1BJ, UK., E-mail: rac@orc.soton.ac.uk
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We report low-loss, wide bandwidth short wavelength infrared guidance in a hollow-core silica photonic bandgap fibre free of surface modes. The bandgap´s centre is around 2¿m with a 3dB bandwidth of approximately 350nm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Australia; Geometry; Lead; Light scattering; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Resonance light scattering;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Cannes, France
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-2-912328-39-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-2-912328-39-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801419