Title :
Air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber with improved triangular air-silica photonic crystal cladding
Author :
Yan, M. ; Shum, P.
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We introduce a small-core air-guiding photonic crystal fiber whose cladding is made of improved air-silica photonic crystal with non-circular air holes placed in triangular lattice. The fiber achieves undisturbed bandgap guidance over 350 nm wavelength range.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre cladding; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber; noncircular air holes; triangular air-silica photonic crystal cladding; undisturbed bandgap guidance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
