Title :
Air guiding with honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Yan, M. ; Shum, P.
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We notice that honeycomb cladding was overlooked for air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber design. Air-silica honeycomb cladding is shown in this letter to be able to guide light in a slightly large-sized hollow core, with a reasonably wide bandwidth (∼200 nm). Noncircular air-hole shape is also explored for air-guiding honeycomb fiber design.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre cladding; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; air guiding; air-guiding fiber design; air-silica cladding; honeycomb cladding; honeycomb fiber design; light guiding; noncircular air-hole shape; photonic bandgap fiber; photonic crystal fiber; Bandwidth; Light scattering; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Shape; Silicon compounds; Holey fiber; honeycomb fiber; microstructured optical fiber; photonic bandgap (PBG) fiber; photonic crystal fiber (PCF);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.838135
