Title :
Cladding effect on confinement and bend losses in hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF
Author :
Alharbi, M. ; Bradley, Tom ; Debord, B. ; Fourcade-Dutin, C. ; Ghosh, Debashis ; Vincetti, Luca ; Gerome, F. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
GPPMM group, Univ. of Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We report on numerical and experimental results on the influence of cladding ring in hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF. The number of rings has moderate effect on confinement loss whereas strong reduction in bend loss is demonstrated.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; bend losses; cladding ring; confinement losses; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; hypocycloid-core Kagome HC-PCF; Educational institutions; Loss measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
