Designing air-core photonic-bandgap fibers free of surface modes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Kim, Hyang Kyun ^a   Shin, Jonghwa ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Kino, Gordon S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk modes; Core modes; Optical fiber; Photonic crystal; Photonic bandgap fibers; Surface modes

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

AIR-CORE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PROPAGATION LOSS; SURFACE MODES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2442499480     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.826429     Document Type: Article

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