Highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers with ultralow chromatic dispersion and low confinement losses

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Ademgil, H ^a   Haxha, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Chromatic dispersion; Confinement loss; Finite element method (FEM); Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CONFINEMENT LOSS; HOLE-TO-HOLE SPACING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 40749129976     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912508     Document Type: Article

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