Hypocycloid-shaped hollow-core photonic crystal fiber Part II: cladding effect on confinement and bend loss

Opt Express. 2013 Nov 18;21(23):28609-16. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.028609.

Abstract

We report on numerical and experimental studies on the influence of cladding ring-number on the confinement and bend loss in hypocycloid-shaped Kagome hollow core photonic crystal fiber. The results show that beyond the second ring, the ring number has a minor effect on confinement loss whereas the bend loss is strongly reduced with the ring-number increase. Finally, the results show that the increase in the cladding ring-number improves the modal content of the fiber.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't