Microstructured optical fiber devices

Citation

Eggleton, B. J., Kerbage, C., Westbrook, P. S., Windeler, R. S., & Hale, A. (2001). Microstructured optical fiber devices. Optics Express, 9(13), 698-713. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.9.000698.

Keywords

• Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs)
• Bragg gratings
• Modal characteristics
• Tunability
• Enhanced nonlinearity
• Fiber device applications
• Photonic crystal fibers
• Photonic bandgap MOF
• Dispersion control MOF
• Core and cladding modes
• Grating spectra
• Near-field mode distributions
• Beam propagation method (BPM)
• Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG)
• Long period gratings (LPG)
• Cladding mode resonances
• Hybrid waveguides
• Tunable optical filters
• Variable optical attenuators
• Tapered MOF

Brief

This article reviews various applications of microstructured optical fibers for fiber device functionalities like tunability and enhanced nonlinearity, achieved through the manipulation of their modal characteristics studied using Bragg gratings.

Summary

This article reviews how microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) are used to create various fiber devices with unique functionalities. By studying their modal characteristics using Bragg gratings, the authors demonstrate applications like reducing cladding mode loss in Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs), creating tunable optical filters and variable optical attenuators by infusing polymers into the air holes of MOFs, and achieving enhanced nonlinear interactions using tapered MOFs. The paper highlights the potential of MOFs for advanced photonic devices by manipulating their microstructure to control light propagation.

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