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Control of modal properties and modal effects in air guiding photonic bandgap fibres

Control of modal properties and modal effects in air guiding photonic bandgap fibres
Control of modal properties and modal effects in air guiding photonic bandgap fibres
The advent of microstructured fibre technology has opened up the possibility of photonic bandgap fibres (PBGFs), which guide light in a low index core, or even a gas or vacuum. Their unique optical properties make them particularly attractive for applications in high power laser delivery, pulse compression, gas-based nonlinear spectroscopy and optical sensing. PBGFs, however, operate by virtue of a radically different mechanism as compared to conventional index guiding fibres and as a consequence they present unusual and rather complex modal properties. Control over the modal properties of these waveguides is paramount to a number of application areas, particularly those requiring a relatively short device length. In this paper we address the issue of multi-modeness in PBGFs and investigate various strategies to control the number and type of modes supported in these fibres.
Petrovich, M.N.
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Poletti, F.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Petrovich, M.N.
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Poletti, F.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Petrovich, M.N., Poletti, F. and Richardson, D.J. (2009) Control of modal properties and modal effects in air guiding photonic bandgap fibres. 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2009, , Azores, Portugal. 28 Jun - 02 Jul 2009. (doi:10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185079).

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The advent of microstructured fibre technology has opened up the possibility of photonic bandgap fibres (PBGFs), which guide light in a low index core, or even a gas or vacuum. Their unique optical properties make them particularly attractive for applications in high power laser delivery, pulse compression, gas-based nonlinear spectroscopy and optical sensing. PBGFs, however, operate by virtue of a radically different mechanism as compared to conventional index guiding fibres and as a consequence they present unusual and rather complex modal properties. Control over the modal properties of these waveguides is paramount to a number of application areas, particularly those requiring a relatively short device length. In this paper we address the issue of multi-modeness in PBGFs and investigate various strategies to control the number and type of modes supported in these fibres.

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Published date: 28 June 2009
Venue - Dates: 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2009, , Azores, Portugal, 2009-06-28 - 2009-07-02

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Local EPrints ID: 76286
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/76286
PURE UUID: a2123125-35a0-4a33-8e01-82a5e06d0771
ORCID for M.N. Petrovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-5901
ORCID for F. Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 18 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:52

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Author: M.N. Petrovich ORCID iD
Author: F. Poletti ORCID iD
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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