Robust photonic band gaps for hollow core guidance in PCF made from high index glass

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2854-2861

  Pottage, J M ^a   Bird, D M ^a   Hedley, T D ^a   Birks, T A ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Russell, P St J ^a   Roberts, P J ^b  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLASS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HERMITIAN MATRICES; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

PHOTONS;

EID: 2942755736     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002854     Document Type: Article

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