Leakage loss and bandgap analysis in air-core photonic bandgap fiber for nonsilica glasses

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-3051

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2007-01-22

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Hu, Jonathan, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Leakage Loss and Bandgap Analysis in Air-Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber for Nonsilica Glasses.” Optics Express 15, no. 2 (January 22, 2007): 339–49. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.000339.

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Total internal reflection
Silica fibers
Photonic bandgap fibers
Refractive index
Photonic crystal fibers
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
Chalcogenide glass

Abstract

We calculate the minimum leakage loss and maximum relative bandgap as a function of the air-filling factor in a photonic bandgap fiber for a refractive index between 1.4 and 2.8. We analyze the mode properties for two maxima of the relative bandgap when we vary the air-filling factor and the refractive index. The maximum relative bandgap accurately predicts the optimal operating air-filling factor corresponding to lowest leakage loss.