Hybrid photonic crystal fiber Arismar Cerqueira S. Jr.1,2, F. Luan1, C. M. B. Cordeiro 1,*, A. K. George1 and J. C. Knight1 1
Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. 2 Scuola Superiore Sant’anna, Pisa 56124, Italy. * Now at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
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Abstract: We present a hybrid photonic crystal fiber in which a guided mode is confined simultaneously by modified total internal reflection from an array of air holes and antiresonant reflection from a line of high-index inclusions. Experimental results demonstrate that this fiber shares properties of both index-guided and photonic bandgap structures. ©2006 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2300) Fiber measurements.
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