title: Improved effective-index method for analysis of photonic crystal fibers.
abstract: We propose, for the first time to our knowledge, an improved effective-index method (IEIM) that has the advantage of high speed and much better accuracy than the conventional effective-index method. The modal properties computed with the IEIM, such as effective index and dispersion, are closely matched to those of the multipole method as well as to experimental values.
authors.affiliation: School of Information and Communications Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyung S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee