Photonic crystal fibres

Photonic crystal fibres have wavelength-scale morphological microstructure running down their length. This structure enables light to be controlled within the fibre in ways not previously possible or even imaginable. Our understanding of what an optical fibre is and what it does is changing because...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2003-08, Vol.424 (6950), p.847-851
Main Author: Knight, Jonathan C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atoms & subatomic particles
Crystallography
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
review-article
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Photonic crystal fibres have wavelength-scale morphological microstructure running down their length. This structure enables light to be controlled within the fibre in ways not previously possible or even imaginable. Our understanding of what an optical fibre is and what it does is changing because of the development of this new technology, and a broad range of applications based on these principles is being developed.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/nature01940