Polarization-dependent confinement losses in actual holey fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-693

  Koshiba, Masanori ^a   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confinement loss; Holey fiber (HF); Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CONFINEMENT LOSS; HOLEY FIBERS; INTERSTITIAL HOLES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037853202     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809923     Document Type: Article

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