Making light work in photonic crystals

Philip St.J. Russell

doi:10.1117/12.427022

8 May 2001 Making light work in photonic crystals

Philip St.J. Russell

Proceedings Volume 4416, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN 2001); (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427022
Event: Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN '01), 2001, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is a single-material all-silica structure. Initially proposed by the author in 1991, the first working example was reported at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference in 1996. In place of the conventional core and cladding, an array of microscopic air holes runs along the entire length of the fiber. Depending on the design, light can be trapped by two distinct mechanisms: a modified form of total internal reflection (at a filled-in hole) or by a photonic bandgap (e.g., at an enlarged hole). These unconventional fibers have led to a series of breakthroughs that is radically enhancing the performance of optical fibers. The disruptive implications of the new technology are just beginning to be worked out.

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Philip St.J. Russell "Making light work in photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 4416, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN 2001), (8 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427022

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