Title :
Bandwidth enhancement by differential mode attenuation in multimode photonic crystal Bragg fibers
Author :
Skorobogatiy, M. ; Guo, N.
Author_Institution :
Ecole Poly Tech. de Montreal, Montreal
Abstract :
In multimode bandgap guiding fibers higher order modes have high radiation losses. Thus, after a short propagation distance effective intermodal dispersion is reduced and bandwidth is dramatically enhanced compared to that of step index fibers.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical dispersion; photonic crystals; bandwidth enhancement; differential mode attenuation; higher order modes; intermodal dispersion; multimode bandgap guiding fibers; multimode photonic crystal Bragg fibers; radiation loss; short propagation distance; step index fibers; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Propagation losses; Solids; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453157
