Title :
Experimental demonstration of refractive index scaling in photonic bandgap fibers
Author :
Antonoppolos, G. ; Benabid, F. ; Birks, T.A. ; Bird, D.M. ; Bouwmans, G. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, UK
Abstract :
We report on the experimental observation of the bandgap shift in D/sub 2/O-filled hollow core photonic crystal fibers. Our results confirm a simple scaling law for bandgaps in fibers with different low-index media.
Keywords :
optical fibres; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refractive index; D/sub 2/O-filled hollow core photonic crystal fibers; bandgap shift; low-index media; refractive index scaling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
