Optimize operational bandwidth through core design in air-core photonic bandgap fibers for IR transmission

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Hu, Jonathan, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Optimize Operational Bandwidth through Core Design in Air-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibers for IR Transmission.” In Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (2008), Paper JWA9, JWA9. Optica Publishing Group, 2008. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=NFOEC-2008-JWA9.

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We determine the optimal inner glass ring thickness and its dependence on the glass index in infrared PBGFs. We find that the optimal thickness is 0.04Λ and the optimal index is as small as possible.