Surface modes in air-core photonic band-gap fibers
Open Access
- 19 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 12 (8), 1485-1496
- https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.12.001485
Abstract
We present a detailed description of the role of surface modes in photonic band-gap fibers (PBGFs). A model is developed that connects the experimental observations of high losses in the middle of the transmission spectrum to the presence of surface modes supported at the core-cladding interface. Furthermore, a new PBGF design is proposed that avoids these surface modes and produces single-mode operation.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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