Abstract

We propose a technique, new to our knowledge, for characterizing single-mode operability by monitoring far-field patterns via a variable aperture. We clarify the applicability of our proposed technique to cutoff wavelength measurement, which agrees well with cutoff wavelength obtained by a conventional multimode reference technique. We also show the applicability of our proposed technique to holey fibers including photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with uniform air-hole structure and effectively W-shaped air-hole structure. We can clearly characterize the single-mode operability of the PCF. The bend dependence of the single-mode bandwidth is also revealed by utilizing our proposed technique.

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