An efficient approach for calculating the dispersions of photonic-crystal fibers: Design of the nearly zero ultra-flattened dispersion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2055-2061

  Wu, Tzong Lin ^a   Chao, Chia Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs); Vector boundary method; Zero dispersion

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRYSTALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); VECTOR BOUNDARY METHOD; ZERO DISPERSION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 22444446618     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.849929     Document Type: Article

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