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Modal cut-off and the V-parameter in photonic crystal fibers

Optics 2007-09-05 v1

Abstract

We address the long-standing unresolved problem concerning the V-parameter in a photonic crystal fiber (PCF). Formulate the parameter appropriate for a core-defect in a periodic structure we argue that the multi-mode cut-off occurs at a wavelength lambda* which satisfies V_PCF(lambda*)=pi. Comparing to numerics and recent cut-off calculations we confirm this result.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0307010,
  title  = {Modal cut-off and the V-parameter in photonic crystal fibers},
  author = {N. A. Mortensen and J. R. Folkenberg and M. D. Nielsen and K. P. Hansen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0307010},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

3 pages including 2 figures. Accepted for Optics Letters