Title :
Macrobending loss properties of photonic crystal fibres with different air filling fractions
Author :
Sørensen, Thorkild ; Broeng, Jes ; Bjarklev, Anders ; Knudsen, Erik ; Libori, Stig E B ; Simonsen, Harald R. ; Jensen, Jacob Riis
Author_Institution :
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present experimental and theoretical analysis of macrobending losses of photonic crystal fibres with various air filling fractions. A scalar, effective-index method provides a good description of the losses for fibres with limited air filling fractions, whereas the method overestimates the losses for fibres with larger air filling fractions.
Keywords :
bending; optical fibre losses; silicon compounds; air filling fractions; fibre losses; macrobending losses; optical fibres; photonic crystal fibres; scalar effective index method; undoped silica; Filling; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Shape; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989675
