Title :
Developing holey fibres for evanescent field devices
Author :
Monro, T.M. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Bennett, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
fDate :
7/8/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The overlap of the optical mode in a holey fibre with the air holes is calculated for the first time. This is achieved using a vector modal decomposition approach. It is shown that a significant fraction of the modal power can be made to overlap with the holes, which suggests that these unusual fibres may be useful as evanescent field devices
Keywords :
optical fibre theory; photonic band gap; vectors; air hole; evanescent field devices; holey fibres; modal power; optical mode; vector modal decomposition approach;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990780
