Ring structures in microstructured polymer optical fibres

doi:10.1364/OE.9.000813

Optics Express

Editor: J. H. Eberly
Vol. 9, Iss. 13 — Dec. 17, 2001
pp: 813–820

Ring structures in microstructured polymer optical fibres

Alexander Argyros, Ian Bassett, Martijn van Eijkelenborg, Maryanne Large, Joseph Zagari, Nicolae A. Nicorovici, Ross McPhedran, and C. Martijn de Sterke »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 9, Issue 13, pp. 813-820 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.9.000813

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Recent developments in polymer microstructured optical fibres allow for the realisation of microstructures in fibres that would be problematic to fabricate using glass-based capillary stacking. We present one class of such structures, where the holes lie on circular rings. A fibre of this type is fabricated and shown to be single moded for relatively long lengths of fibre, whereas shorter lengths are multimoded. An average index model for these fibres is developed. Comparison of its predictions to the calculated properties of the exact structure indicates that the ring structures emulate homogeneous rings of lower refractive index resulting in the ring structured fibres behaving approximately as cylindrically layered fibres.

OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
(160.5470) Materials : Polymers
(230.4000) Optical devices : Microstructure fabrication

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Original Manuscript: December 5, 2001
Published: December 17, 2001

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Alexander Argyros, Ian Bassett, Martijn van Eijkelenborg, Maryanne Large, Joseph Zagari, Nicolae A. Nicorovici, Ross McPhedran, and C. Martijn de Sterke, "Ring structures in microstructured polymer optical fibres," Opt. Express 9, 813-820 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-9-13-813

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T.M. Monro, D.J. Richardson, N.G.R. Broderick, P.J. Bennett, "Holey optical fibres: an efficient modal model," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 1093-1102 (1999). [CrossRef]
T.P. White, R.C. McPhedran, C.M. de Sterke, L.C. Botten, M.J. Steel, "Confinement losses in microstructured optical fibres," Opt. Lett. 26, 1660-1662 (2001). [CrossRef]
M.A. van Eijkelenborg, M.C.J. Large, A. Argyros, J. Zagari, S.Manos, N. Issa, I. Bassett, S. Fleming, R.C. McPhedran, C.M. de Sterke, N.A.P. Nicorovici, "Microstructured polymer optical fibre," Opt. Express 9, 319-327 (2001), http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/35051.htm. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Xu, J. Song, C Li, K. Ueda, "Cylindrically symmetric hollow fiber," Opt. Commun. 182, 343-348 (2000). [CrossRef]
P. Yeh, A. Yariv, E. Marom, "Theory of Bragg fiber," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68, 1196-1201 (1978). [CrossRef]
Y. Fink, D.J. Ripin, S. Fan, C. Chen, J.D. Joannopoulos, E.L. Thomas, "Guiding optical light in air using an all-dielectric structure," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 2039-2041(1999). [CrossRef]
F. Brechet, P. Roy, J. Marcou, D. Pagnoux, "Singlemode propagation into depressed-core-index photonicbandgap fibre designed for zero dispersion at short wavelengths," Electron. Lett. 36, 514-515 (2000) [CrossRef]
M. Ibanescu, Y. Fink, S. Fan, E.L. Thomas, J.D. Joannopoulos, "An all-dielectric coaxial waveguide," Science 289, 415-419 (2000) [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G.W. Milton, The theory of composites, (Cambridge University Press, London, 2001).
W.C. Chew, Waves and fields in inhomogeneous media, Chapter 3 (Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1990).

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T.A. Birks, J.C. Knight, P.St.J. Russell, "Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre," Opt. Lett. 22, 961-963 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Kubota, K. Suzuki, S. Kawanishi, M. Kakazawa, M. Tanaka, M. Fujita, "Low-loss, 2 km-long photonic crystal fibre with zero GVD in the near IR suitable for picosecond pulse propagation at the 800 nm band," Postdeadline paper CPD3, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO 2001, (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2001)
E. Silvestre, M.V. Andres, P. Andres, "Biorthonormal-basis method for the vector description of optical fiber modes," J. Lightwave Technol 16, 923-928 (1998). [CrossRef]
D. Mogilevtsev, T.A. Birks, P.St.J. Russell, "Localised function method for modelling defect modes in 2-D photonic crystals," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 2078-2081 (2000). [CrossRef]
T.M. Monro, D.J. Richardson, N.G.R. Broderick, P.J. Bennett, "Holey optical fibres: an efficient modal model," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 1093-1102 (1999). [CrossRef]
T.P. White, R.C. McPhedran, C.M. de Sterke, L.C. Botten, M.J. Steel, "Confinement losses in microstructured optical fibres," Opt. Lett. 26, 1660-1662 (2001). [CrossRef]
M.A. van Eijkelenborg, M.C.J. Large, A. Argyros, J. Zagari, S.Manos, N. Issa, I. Bassett, S. Fleming, R.C. McPhedran, C.M. de Sterke, N.A.P. Nicorovici, "Microstructured polymer optical fibre," Opt. Express 9, 319-327 (2001), http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/35051.htm. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Xu, J. Song, C Li, K. Ueda, "Cylindrically symmetric hollow fiber," Opt. Commun. 182, 343-348 (2000). [CrossRef]
P. Yeh, A. Yariv, E. Marom, "Theory of Bragg fiber," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68, 1196-1201 (1978). [CrossRef]
Y. Fink, D.J. Ripin, S. Fan, C. Chen, J.D. Joannopoulos, E.L. Thomas, "Guiding optical light in air using an all-dielectric structure," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 2039-2041(1999). [CrossRef]
F. Brechet, P. Roy, J. Marcou, D. Pagnoux, "Singlemode propagation into depressed-core-index photonicbandgap fibre designed for zero dispersion at short wavelengths," Electron. Lett. 36, 514-515 (2000) [CrossRef]
M. Ibanescu, Y. Fink, S. Fan, E.L. Thomas, J.D. Joannopoulos, "An all-dielectric coaxial waveguide," Science 289, 415-419 (2000) [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G.W. Milton, The theory of composites, (Cambridge University Press, London, 2001).
W.C. Chew, Waves and fields in inhomogeneous media, Chapter 3 (Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1990).

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