Material effects in airguiding photonic bandgap fibers
Optics
2007-09-05 v1
Abstract
The waveguiding properties of two silica-based airguiding photonic bandgap fiber designs are investigated with special emphasis on material effects. The nonlinear coefficients are found to be 1-2 orders of magnitude smaller than those obtained in index-guiding microstructured fibers with large mode areas. The material dispersion of silica makes a significant contribution to the total chromatic dispersion although less than 10% of the field energy is located in the silica regions of the fibers. These findings suggest that dispersion engineering through the choice of base material may be a possibility in this type of fibers.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0307079,
title = {Material effects in airguiding photonic bandgap fibers},
author = {Jesper Laegsgaard and Niels Asger Mortensen and Jesper Riishede and Anders Bjarklev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0307079},
year = {2007}
}
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Accepted for J. Opt. Soc. Am. B