Determining properties of fabricated index-guiding photonic crystal fibers using SEM micrograph and mode convergence algorithm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-386

  Chaudhuri, Partha Roy ^a   Roy, Sourabh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Dispersion; Finite difference; Mode effective area; Nonlinearity; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MODE CONVERGENCE ALGORITHM; MODE-EFFECTIVE AREA; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 40749090803     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.911095     Document Type: Article

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