Classification of the Core modes of hollow-core photonic-bandgap fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1192-1200

  Aghaie, Kiarash Zamani ^a   Dangui, Vinayak ^a   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a   Kino, Gordon S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; ELECTRIC-FIELD PROFILES; FIELD PROFILE; HOLLOW-CORE; HYBRID HE AND EH MODES; HYBRID MODE; MODE SOLVERS; STEP-INDEX FIBERS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 84893958940     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2019767     Document Type: Article

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