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Dispersion Properties of Photonic Crystal Fibers - Issues and Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

J. Lægsgaard ,
S. E. Barkou Libori ,
K. Hougaard ,
J. Riishede ,
T. T. Larsen ,
T. Sørensen ,
T. P. Hansen ,
K. P. Hansen ,
M. D. Nielsen  and
J. B. Jensen
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J. Lægsgaard
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
S. E. Barkou Libori
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
K. Hougaard
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
J. Riishede
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
T. T. Larsen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
T. Sørensen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
T. P. Hansen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby: Crystal Fibre A/S, Blokken 84, DK-3460 Birkerød
K. P. Hansen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby: Crystal Fibre A/S, Blokken 84, DK-3460 Birkerød
M. D. Nielsen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby: Crystal Fibre A/S, Blokken 84, DK-3460 Birkerød
J. B. Jensen
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
A. Bjarklev
Affiliation:
: Research center COM, Technical University of Denmark Bldg. 345w, DK-2800 Kgs.
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Abstract

The dispersion, which expresses the variation with wavelength of the guided-mode group velocity, is one of the most important properties of optical fibers. Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) offer much larger flexibility than conventional fibers with respect to tailoring of the dispersion curve. This is partly due to the large refractive-index contrast available in silica/air microstructures, and partly due to the possibility of making complex refractive-index structures over the fiber cross section. We discuss the fundamental physical mechanisms determining the dispersion properties of PCFs guiding by either total internal reflection or photonic bandgap effects, and use these insights to outline design principles and generic behaviours of various types of PCFs. A number of examples from recent modeling and experimental work serve to illustrate our general conclusions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 797: Symposium W – Engineered Porosity for Microphotonics and Plasmonics , 2003 , W7.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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