Title :
Photonic bandgap fibers based on a composite honeycomb lattice
Author :
Li, Yanfeng ; Wang, Ching-Yue ; Hu, Minglie ; Liu, Bowen ; Sun, Xiwen ; Chai, Lu
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Laser Lab., Tianjin Univ., China
Abstract :
We propose a new type of photonic bandgap fiber that is composed of an internal honeycomb lattice of air holes within each unit cell of the original honeycomb lattice. The bandgaps of such fibers are investigated, and a critical value of the air-hole position is found below which the gaps are reduced by the internal lattice. We have also identified some cases where the secondary gap can be suppressed while the primary gap is not.
Keywords :
optical fibres; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; air-pole position; composite honeycomb lattice; photonic bandgap fibers; photonic crystal fibers; secondary gap; Honeycomb structures; Instruments; Laser theory; Lattices; Optical propagation; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Sun; Photonic bandgap fibers (PBFs); photonic bandgaps (PBGs); photonic crystal fibers; plane wave method;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.862013
