Dispersion properties of photonic crystal fiber: Comparison by scalar and fully vectorial effective index methods

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 711-722

  Sinha, R K ^a   Varshney, Anshu D ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fully vectorial effective index method (FVEIM); Photonic crystal Fibers (PCF); Scalar effective index method (SEIM); Space filling modes (SFM); Zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

DISPERSION; FULLY VECTORIAL EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD (FVEIM); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); SCALAR EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD (SEIM); SPACE FILLING MODES (SFM); ZERO DISPERSION WAVELENGTH (ZDW);

CRYSTALS;

EID: 24144439811     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-005-3196-7     Document Type: Article

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