Title :
Dispersion enhanced photonic crystal fibers for true time delay lines
Author :
Jiang, Yongqiang ; Shi, Zhong ; Howley, Brie ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) provide large dispersion tuning ability by increasing the dispersion value to reduce the fiber length. With conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs), dispersion cannot be changed significantly because of the small index variation from doping over the transverse cross section. This shortcoming may be overcome by the design of PCFs, which can be tailored to exhibit high dispersion. The novel cladding structure of PCFs consisting of an array of micrometer-sized air holes allows for flexible tailoring of the dispersion curve.
Keywords :
delays; optical delay lines; optical fibre dispersion; photonic crystals; SMF; cladding structure; dispersion curve; micrometer-sized air hole array; photonic crystal fiber; single-mode fibers; true time delay lines; Bandwidth; Delay effects; Delay lines; Doping; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical arrays; Optical tuning; Phased arrays; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338695