Title : 
Tapered high-fill photonic crystal fiber
         
        
            Author : 
Domachuk, P. ; Chapman, A. ; Magi, E. ; Steel, M.J. ; Nguyen, H.C. ; Eggleton, B.J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We taper a 90% air-fill fraction, air core, photonic crystal fiber and observe a multitude of partial band gaps along the length of the taper. We simulate this geometry with the FDTD and plane wave expansion methods.
         
        
            Keywords : 
finite difference time-domain analysis; optical fibres; optical materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; FDTD; air core; air-fill fraction; partial band gap; plane wave expansion method; tapered high-fill photonic crystal fiber; Finite difference methods; Microstructure; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical scattering; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonic crystals; Scanning electron microscopy; Time domain analysis;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-795-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201891