Title :
Effect of Disorder on Photonic Band-Gap Fibers
Author :
West, J.A. ; Allan, D.C.
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., NY
Abstract :
We present the first study of structural disorder in air/silica photonic band-gap fibers (PBGFs). For a typical PBGF structure we find band-gap closure when the disorder in the air-hole radii and positions is plusmn4%
Keywords :
optical fibres; photonic band gap; air-hole radii; air/silica fibers; band-gap closure; photonic band-gap fibers; structural disorder;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
