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12 October 2005 Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber with square lattice
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Abstract
Most works on photonic crystal fibers with a photonic bandgap are concerned with structures made of silica glass with a hexagonal lattice. However, there are many other possible choices for the crystal structure of the fiber. In this paper, we study the optical properties of photonic bandgaps in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber with a square lattice fabricated from multi-component glass. A composition of oxides was chosen to obtain a refractive index contrast higher than in fused silica fibers. The core size of the fiber is 11 microns and the cladding is made of an array of 17 x 17 air capillaries. A full-vector mode solver using the biorthonormal basis method is employed to analyze the modal properties of the fiber. We verify the guiding properties of the fiber by FDTD simulations. The transmission properties for several lengths of the fiber were measured by using broadband light from a nanosecond-pulse supercontinuum source and an optical spectrum analyzer. Preliminary results show that light is guided around 1650 nm. Possible modifications of the structure and potential applications will be discussed.
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Ryszard Buczynski, Dariusz Pysz, Tuomo Ritari, Przemyslaw Szarniak, Wladyslaw Saj, Ireneusz Kujawa, Hanne Ludvigsen, and Ryszard Stepien "Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber with square lattice", Proc. SPIE 5950, Photonic Crystals and Fibers, 595015 (12 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623094
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KEYWORDS
Glasses

Photonic crystals

Photonic crystal fibers

Refractive index

Cladding

Structured optical fibers

Signal attenuation

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