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Design of Photonic Bandgap Fibre with Novel Air-Hole Structure |
| LI Jing, ZHANG Wei-Gang, DU Jiang-Bing, WANG Zhi, LIU Yan-Ge, DONG Xiao-Yi |
| Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 |
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LI Jing, ZHANG Wei-Gang, DU Jiang-Bing et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 2531-2534 |
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Abstract We introduce PBGFs with the cladding made of our newly designed quasi-hexagonal air holes and demonstrate how it actually operates. This cladding structure is introduced for the first time to the best of our knowledge, and is realized by making use of the hydrofluoric acid's corrosive properties. The fibre corrosion can be accurately controlled, thus opening us the gate for the design and fabrication of new PBGFs with more complex and more efficient cladding structures. Numerical results and actual simulations indicate that PBGFs built with this cladding structure have improved bandgap properties and guiding bands as wide as 500nm have been theoretically reached. Using the same method, we have also been able to design two other types of PBGFs with improved cladding structure.
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42.81.Qb
42.70.Qs
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Received: 19 January 2008
Published: 26 June 2008
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42.81.Qb
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(Fiber waveguides, couplers, and arrays)
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42.70.Qs
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(Photonic bandgap materials)
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