Reflection symmetry and mode transversality in microstructured fibers
Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 8, pp. 1497-1509 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.001497
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Abstract
We investigate the influence of reflection symmetry on the properties of the modes of microstructured optical fibers. It is found that structures with reflection symmetry tend to support non-degenerate modes which are closer in nature to the analogous TE and TM modes of circular step-index fibers, as compared with fibers with only rotational symmetry. Reflection symmetry induces modes to exhibit smaller longitudinal components and transverse fields which are more strongly reminiscent of the radial and azimuthal modes of circular fibers. The tendency towards “transversality” can be viewed as a result of the interaction of group theoretical restrictions on the mode profiles and minimization of the Maxwell Hamiltonian.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
(060.2400) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber properties
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Focus Issue: Photonic crystals and holey fibers
History
Original Manuscript: January 13, 2004
Revised Manuscript: February 12, 2004
Published: April 19, 2004
Citation
Michael Steel, "Reflection symmetry and mode transversality in microstructured fibers," Opt. Express 12, 1497-1509 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-12-8-1497
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