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  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 12, Iss. 8 — Apr. 19, 2004
  • pp: 1528–1539

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A new slant on photonic crystal fibers

Hong Nguyen, Peter Domachuk, Benjamin Eggleton, Michael Steel, Martin Straub, Min Gu, and Mikhail Sumetsky  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 8, pp. 1528-1539 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.001528


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Abstract

We present the novel use of microstructured optical fibers not as “light-pipes”, but in a transverse geometry to manipulate the light propagating across the fiber. Fundamental and higher-order bandgaps were observed experimentally in this geometry using a number of techniques. The comparison of the measured spectra with photonic band structure and Finite-Difference Time-Domain simulations provide strong evidence that the spectral features are a result of the periodic nature of the fiber microstructure in the transverse direction.

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OCIS Codes
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components

ToC Category:
Focus Issue: Photonic crystals and holey fibers

History
Original Manuscript: January 15, 2004
Revised Manuscript: February 21, 2004
Published: April 19, 2004

Citation
Hong Nguyen, Peter Domachuk, Benjamin Eggleton, Michael Steel, Martin Straub, Min Gu, and Mikhail Sumetsky, "A new slant on photonic crystal fibers," Opt. Express 12, 1528-1539 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-12-8-1528


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