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Analysis of light scattering from surface roughness in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

Analysis of light scattering from surface roughness in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Analysis of light scattering from surface roughness in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
We present a theoretical method for analyzing radiation loss from surface roughness scattering in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (HC-PBGFs). We treat the scattering process as induced dipole radiation and combine statistical information about surface roughness, mode field distribution and fibre geometry to accurately describe the far-field scattering distribution and loss in fibers with an arbitrary cross-sectional distribution of air holes of any shape. The predicted angular scattering distribution, total scattering loss and the loss wavelength dependence are all shown to agree well with reported experimental data. Our method yields a simpler result than that obtained by more complex approaches and is to the best of our knowledge the first successful attempt to accurately describe roughness scattering in HC-PBGFs.
fiber optics, scattering, optical communications
1094-4087
20980-20991
Numkam Fokoua, Eric
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Poletti, Francesco
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Richardson, David J.
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Numkam Fokoua, Eric
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Numkam Fokoua, Eric, Poletti, Francesco and Richardson, David J. (2012) Analysis of light scattering from surface roughness in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers. Optics Express, 20 (19), 20980-20991. (doi:10.1364/OE.20.020980). (PMID:23037221)

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We present a theoretical method for analyzing radiation loss from surface roughness scattering in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (HC-PBGFs). We treat the scattering process as induced dipole radiation and combine statistical information about surface roughness, mode field distribution and fibre geometry to accurately describe the far-field scattering distribution and loss in fibers with an arbitrary cross-sectional distribution of air holes of any shape. The predicted angular scattering distribution, total scattering loss and the loss wavelength dependence are all shown to agree well with reported experimental data. Our method yields a simpler result than that obtained by more complex approaches and is to the best of our knowledge the first successful attempt to accurately describe roughness scattering in HC-PBGFs.

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Published date: 10 September 2012
Keywords: fiber optics, scattering, optical communications
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 345522
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345522
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: b4b66255-e145-4b40-ab68-45d44343ea7e
ORCID for Eric Numkam Fokoua: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-911X
ORCID for Francesco Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 26 Nov 2012 14:22
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:47

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