Numerical investigations of interstitial hole-assistant microstructured optical fiber

X. Yu*, P. Shum, M. Tang, M. Yan, J. Love

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    Abstract

    We evaluate numerically the optical characteristics of a new type of microstructured optical fiber with interstitial air holes (IH-MOF). By modification of the basic hexagonal unit cell, different optical waveguide properties can be achieved. Endlessly single mode operation is obtainable from these IH-MOF structures with smaller air-hole diameter to pitch ratio (d/∧<0.25) compared with conventional triangular-latticed MOFs. The zero-dispersion-wavelength is blue-shifted with the increase of interstitial air-hole size. Leaky loss and effective mode area is significantly reduced thus the nonlinearity is enhanced by a tighter confinement.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)372-375
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials
    Volume8
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2006

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