Bend loss in structured optical fibres.
Bend loss characterisation tests are carried out in two air-silica structured fibres: a periodic photonic crystal fibre and a non-periodic fibre. An explanation based on resonant coupling between interstitial zones accounts for the improved confinement of non-periodic structured optical fibres.
Martelli
Cicero
C
Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, 206 National Innovation Centre, Eveleigh 1430, Sydney, NSW, Australia. martelli@usyd.edu.au
Canning
John
J
Gibson
Brant
B
Huntington
Shane
S
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical