title: Experimental analysis of spectral characteristics of antiresonant guiding photonic crystal fibers.
abstract: Both numerical and experimental analyses are carried out to investigate the spectral characteristics of antiresonant guiding photonic crystal fibers. The transmission minima were observed at the wavelengths where LP(ml) (m<or=4, l=1,2,3,(...)) modes of the high-index inclusions in the cladding are cut off. As the order of modes increases, the bandwidths of the corresponding stop bands gradually reduce.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bioengineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457. sunjian@pmail.ntu.edu.sg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Poh