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Endlessly single-mode holey fibers: the influence of core design

Optics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the cut-off properties of holey fibers (HFs) with a triangular lattice of air holes and the core formed by the removal of a single (HF1) or more air holes (HF3 and HF7). With the aid of finite-element simulations we determine the single-mode and multi-mode phases and also find the air hole diameters limiting the endlessly single-mode regime. From calculations of V and W parameters we find that in general HF1 is less susceptible to longitudinal non-uniformities compared to the other designs for equivalent effective areas. As an example we illustrate this general property for the particular case of a macro-bending induced loss.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0512112,
  title  = {Endlessly single-mode holey fibers: the influence of core design},
  author = {Kunimasa Saitoh and Yukihiro Tsuchida and Masanori Koshiba and Niels Asger Mortensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0512112},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages including 4 figures. Accepted for Opt. Express