Open AccessLeakage loss and group velocity dispersion in air-core photonic bandgap fibers
Author(s) -
Kunimasa Saitoh,
Masanori Koshiba
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.11.003100
Subject(s) - cladding (metalworking) , materials science , optics , leakage (economics) , wavelength , dispersion (optics) , core (optical fiber) , zero dispersion wavelength , photonic crystal fiber , optical fiber , optoelectronics , dispersion shifted fiber , composite material , physics , fiber optic sensor , economics , macroeconomics
The wavelength dependence and the structural dependence of leakage loss and group velocity dispersion (GVD) in air-core photonic bandgap fibers (PBGFs) are numerically investigated by using a full-vector finite element method. It is shown that at least seventeen rings of arrays of air holes are required in the cladding region to reduce the leakage losses to a level of 0.1 dB/km in 1.55-microm wavelength range even if using large air holes of the diameter to pitch ratio of 0.9 and that the leakage losses in air-core PBGFs decrease drastically with increasing the hole diameter to pitch ratio. Moreover, it is shown that the waveguide GVD and dispersion slope of air-core PBGFs are much larger than those of conventional silica fibers and that the shape of air-core region greatly affects the leakage losses and the dispersion properties.