Guided modes in capillary optical fibers

• Autorzy: Romaniuk R. S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A comparatively large group of capillary optical fibers, referred to in this paper as COF, consists of several families of optical filaments. The basic division line goes through the wave guidance mechanism. Two basic kinds of capillary optical fibers are of refractive and photonic mechanism of guided wave transmission. The work tries to compare wave modes in both kinds of optical fiber capillaries: refractive (RCOF) and photonic (PCOF). The differences are emphasized indicating prospective application areas of these fibers. Refractive COF carries most of the modal light in the ring-like, high-refraction, optical glass core encircling an empty capillary hole. Refractive capillary optical fibers are used widely for photonic instrumentation applications, due to the proximity of optical wave and capillary hole with the evanescent wave. The hole can be filled with a material subject to optical guided wave spectrometry. Photonic COF carries most of the light in air (or vacuum). Thus, photonic capillary optical fibers are considered for trunk optical communications, with guided wave travelling in vacuum rather than in glass - avoiding in this way the Rayleigh scattering. The fundamental mode in a refractive COF is LPoi or dark hollow beam (DHB) of light with zero intensity on fiber axis. The fundamental mode in a photonic COF is Gaussian beam with maximum intensity on fiber axis. The photonic COFs can be further divided to two basic groups: porous or holey/hollow and Bragg or OmniGuide fibers. These two kinds of PCOFs differ by the method of building a photonic band gap (PBG) around a capillary hole. The paper is a concise digest of fundamental kinds of singlemode (or low-order mode) COFs and their properties, with an emphasis on applications in two basic fields: instrumentation and telecommunications.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

capillary optical fibers; optical fiber capillaries; holey optical fibers; hollow optical fibers; photonic optical fibers; ring-core optical fibers; guided wave modes in optical fibers; refractive and diffractive-interference mechanism of wave guidance in optical fibers; photonic crystals

PL

światłowody kapilarne; kapilary optyczne; włókno światłowodowe; światłowody fotoniczne; kryształy fotonowe

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: Electronics and Telecommunications Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 54, No 3
• Strony: 323--342
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Romaniuk R. S.

• Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warszawa,

Bibliografia

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