Title :
Boundary element method for analysis of holey optical fibers
Author :
Guan, Ning ; Habu, Shinji ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Himeno, Kuniharu ; Wada, Akira
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
By using a full-vector boundary element method (BEM) based on a formulation in terms of transverse magnetic field components, holey fibers (HFs) are numerically analyzed. The BEM provides very accurate solutions with an extremely small number of unknowns. Not only the characteristics of all-silica HFs, but also those of hole-assisted lightguide fibers and field-confined HFs, are investigated and compared with each other.
Keywords :
boundary-elements methods; micro-optics; optical fibre theory; photonic crystals; vectors; accurate solutions; boundary element method; field-confined; full-vector boundary element method; hole-assisted lightguide fibers; holey optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers; transverse magnetic field components; Boundary element methods; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Holey fibers; Magnetic analysis; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2003.815502
