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Title

New slant on photonic crystal fibers

Author(s)

Nguyen, Hong C.;  Domachuk, Peter;  Eggleton, Ben J.;  Steel, Michael J.;  Straub, Martin H.;  Gu, Min;  Sumetsky, Mikhail

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.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering. Centre for Micro-Photonics

Source

Optics Express, Vol. 12, no. 8 (2004), pp. 1528-1539

Publication year

2004

Publisher

Optical Society of America

ISSN

1094-4087

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http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OE-12-8-1528

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