Numerical investigation of octagonal photonic crystal fibers with strong confinement field

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 830-836

  Kaneshima, Kenta ^a   Namihira, Yoshinori ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Zou, Nianyu ^a,g,h   Higa, Hiroki ^a,c,e   Nagata, Yasunori ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c University of the Ryukyus ^*

^d Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan IEE   (Japan)

^e IEEE

^f Laser and Electro Optics Society (LEOS)   (Japan)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Confinement loss; Mode field diameter (MFD); Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; CONFINEMENT LOSS; EFFECTIVE AREA; MODE FIELD DIAMETER (MFD); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33745460814     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.6.830     Document Type: Article

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