Abstract
Photonic crystals form a new class of intriguing building blocks
to be utilized in future optoelectronics and electromagnetics. One
of the most exciting possiblilties offered by phtonic crystals is
the realization of new types of electromagnetic waveguides. In the
optical domain, the most mature technology for such photonic
bandgap (PBG) waveguides is in optical fibre configurations. These
new fibres can be classified in a fundamentally different way to
all optical waveguides and possess radically different guiding
properties due to PBG guidance, as opposed to guidance by total
internal refelction. In this paper we summarize and review our
theoretical work demonstrating the underlying physical principles
of PBG guiding optical fibres and discuss some of their unique
waveguiding properties.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics (Print) |
Volume | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 477-482 |
ISSN | 2040-8978 |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |