Title :
Photonic crystal fibres
Author :
Russell, P. St J ; Knight, J.C. ; Birks, T.A. ; Cregan, R.F. ; Mangan, B.J. ; de Sandro, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Abstract :
We have developed a new kind of all-silica optical fibre which has a hexagonal micronspaced array of sub-micron diameter air capillaries running along its axis. These photonic crystal fibres are produced by stacking and drawing silica glass capillaries, resulting in 2 1/2" dimensional periodic structures that can be many metres (potentially km) in length. These photonic crystal fibre offers new guiding properties, including guaranteed single mode operation at all wavelengths, subject to certain bend loss considerations
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; all-silica optical fibre; bend loss considerations; drawing; guaranteed single mode operation; hexagonal micronspaced array; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystal fibre; photonic crystal fibres; stacking; sub-micron diameter air capillaries;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971366
