Spectral properties of a soft glass photonic crystal fiber

Issue title: Nanostructure Glass Technology for X-Ray Optics and Biophotonice

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Beloglazov, V.I. | Chainikov, M.V. | Skibina, Yu. S. | Tuchin, V.V.

Affiliations: Scientific Production Enterprise Nano Structural Glass Technology Ltd., 101, 50 let Oktajabrja ave., Saratov, 410033 Russia | Research-Educational Institute of Optics & Biophotonics, Saratov State University 83, Astrakhanskaya str., Saratov, 410012 Russia

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: julia@mail.saratov.ru

Abstract: We have created for the first time the photonic crystal optical fiber having the photonic band gap in the visible and NIR range of spectrum. This fiber consists of concentric layers of air holes of variable diameter with hollow cores. We have carried out studies on their transmission spectra formation. We have displayed the influence of geometry and arrangement of a fiber on its photonic band gap width and structure. It was established that changes of geometrical structure of a fiber allows one to control effectively the width of the photonic band gap that gives new opportunities to guide visible and NIR light.

Keywords: Photonic crystal fibers, holey fibers, broadband fiber transmission

Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 171-177, 2005