Birefringence and dispersion of cylindrically polarized modes in nanobore photonic crystal fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-198

  Euser, T G ^a   Schmidt, M A ^a   Joly, N Y ^a,b   Gabriel, C ^a,c   Marquardt, C ^a,c   Zang, L Y ^a   Fortsch M ^a,c   Banzer, P ^a,c   Brenn, A ^a   Elser, D ^a,c   Scharrer, M ^a,b   Leuchs, G ^a,c   Russell, P J ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISPERSIONS; LIGHT VELOCITY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

GROUP VELOCITIES; MODAL INDEX; NANO SCALE; POLARIZED MODES; THREE PARAMETERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 78650890803     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000193     Document Type: Article

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