Coexistence of total internal reflexion and bandgap modes in solid core photonic bandgap fibre with intersticial air holes

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 13783-13795

  Perrin, Mathias ^a,b   Quiquempois, Yves ^c   Bouwmans, Géraud ^c   Douay, Marc ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b IRCICA   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTICS; REFLECTION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BLOCH MODES; INTERSTICIAL AIR HOLES; SOLID CORE PHOTONIC BANDGAP; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR);

PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

EID: 35348958986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013783     Document Type: Article

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