Perturbative and phase-transition-type modification of mode field profiles and dispersion of photonic-crystal fibers by arrays of nanosize air-hole defects

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10878-10886

  Li, Yan Feng ^a   Hu, Ming Lie ^a   Wang, Ching Yue ^a   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTONS;

AIR HOLE DEFECTS; FIBER CLADDING; MODE FIELD PROFILES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33750703163     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010878     Document Type: Article

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