Vector wave expansion method for leaky modes of microstructured optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1005-1012

  Issa, Nader A ^a   Poladian, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Numerical analysis; Optical fiber loss; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; VECTORS;

LEAKY MODES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037817449     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810091     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. A. Argyros, I. M. Bassett, M. A. van Eijkelenborg, M. C. J. Large, J. Zagari, N. A. P. Nicorovici, R. C. McPhedran, and C.C. Martijn de Sterke, "Ring structures in microstructured polymer optical fibers," Opt. Express, vol. 9, no. 13, pp. 813-820, 2001.
2. M. A. van Eijkelenborg, A. Argyros, G. Barton, I. Bassett, F. Cox, M. Fellew, S. Fleming, G. Henry, N. A. Issa, M. C. J. Large, S. Manos, L. Poladian, and J. Zagari, "New possibilities with microstructured polymer optical fibers," in Proc. 11th Int. POF Conf., 2002, pp. 49-52.
3. T. M. Monro, K. M. Kiang, J. H. Lee, K. Frampton, Z. Yusoff, R. Moore, J. Tucknott, D. W. Hewak, H. N. Rutt, and D. J. Richardson, "Highly nonlinearity extruded single-mode holey optical fibers," in OFC Conf. 2002, 2002, pp. PD-FA1.
4. A. Argyros and I. M. Bassett, "Counting modes in optical fibers with leaky modes," in Symp. Optical Fiber Measurements, Dept. of Commerce Laboratories, 2002, pp. 135-138.
5. A. W. Snyder and J. D. Love, Optical Waveguide Theory. London, U.K.: Chapman and Hall, 1983, pp. 487-513.
6. T. M. Monro, D. J. Richardson, N. G. R. Broderick, and P. J. Bennet, "Holey optical fibers: An efficient modal method," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 17, pp. 1093-1102, June 1999.
7. A. Ferrando, E. Silvestre, J. J. Miret, P. Andres, and V. Andres, "Full vector analysis of a realistic photonic crystal fiber," Opt. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 276-278, 1999.
8. J. Jin, The Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics. New York: Wiley, 1993, pp. 423-435.
9. Y. Wang and C. Vassallo, "Circular fourier analysis of arbitrary shaped optical fibers," Opt. Lett., vol. 14, no. 24, pp. 1377-1379, 1989.
10. C. Vassallo, "Circular fourier analysis of full maxwell equations for arbitrary shaped dielectric waveguides - Application of gain factors of semi-conductor laser waveguides," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 8, pp. 1723-1729, Nov. 1990.
11. M. J. Steel and R. M. Osgood Jr., "Polarization and dispersive properties of elliptical-hole photonic crystal fibers," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 19, pp. 495-503, Apr. 2001.
12. T. P. White, R. C. McPhedran, C.C. Martijn de Sterke, L. C. Botten, and M. J. Steel, "Confinement loss in microstructured optical fibers," Opt. Lett., vol. 26, pp. 1660-1662, 2001.
13. L. Poladian, N. A. Issa, and T. M. Monro, "Fourier decomposition algorithm for leaky modes of fibers with arbitrary geometry," Opt. Express, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 449-454, 2002.
14. A. W. Snyder and J. D. Love, Optical Waveguide Theory. London, U.K.: Chapman and Hall, 1983, pp. 491-715.
15. E. Silvestre, M. V. Andres, and P. Andres, "Biorthogonal-basis method for the vector description of optical fiber modes," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 16, pp. 923-928, May 1998.