• DocumentCode
    2818303
  • Title

    The analogy between photonic crystal fibres and step index fibres

  • Author

    Birkst, T.A. ; Mogilevtsev, D. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P.St.J. ; Broeng, J. ; Roberts, P.J. ; West, J.A. ; Allan, D.C. ; Fajardo, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Abstract
    Some properties of photonic crystal fibers quantitatively match those of standard step-index fibers, provided the right analogy is made between them, this is illustrated by calculations of second-mode cutoff (reported here for the first time to our knowledge) and propagation constants.
  • Keywords
    optical constants; optical fibre theory; photonic band gap; refractive index; photonic crystal fibres; propagation constants; second-mode cutoff; step index fibres; Crystalline materials; Frequency; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Propagation constant; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.766012
  • Filename
    766012