Photonic bandgap with an index step of one percent

Early work suggested that very large refractive index contrasts would be needed to create photonic bandgaps in two or three dimensionally periodic photonic crystals. It was then shown that in two-dimensionally periodic structures (such as photonic crystal fibres) a non-zero wavevector component in t...

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Published in:Optics express 2005-01, Vol.13 (1), p.309-314
Main Authors: Argyros, A, Birks, T, Leon-Saval, S, Cordeiro, C M, Luan, F, Russell, P St J
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Language:English
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Summary:Early work suggested that very large refractive index contrasts would be needed to create photonic bandgaps in two or three dimensionally periodic photonic crystals. It was then shown that in two-dimensionally periodic structures (such as photonic crystal fibres) a non-zero wavevector component in the axial direction permits photonic bandgaps for much smaller index contrasts. Here we experimentally demonstrate a photonic bandgap fibre made from two glasses with a relative index step of only 1%.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OPEX.13.000309