Photonic crystal fibres have wavelength-scale morphological microstructure running down
their length. This structure enables light to be controlled within the fibre in ways not …

Photonic crystal fibers guide light by corralling it within a periodic array of microscopic air
holes that run along the entire fiber length. Largely through their ability to overcome the …

Silica-based optical fibers have been one of the engineering triumphs of the last few
decades. Yet after an initial period of intense development that revolutionized …

We demonstrate the tapering of a photonic crystal fiber to achieve a microstructure pitch of
less than 300 nm. We probe the tapered fiber in the transverse geometry to demonstrate the …

Photonic Crystal Fibres: An Endless Variety Page 1 IEICE TRANS. COMMUN., VOL.E84–B,
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Optical fibres have for almost three decades been fabricated of solid glass. It was, therefore,
a radical change that took place, when researchers in the late 90's started to fabricate hair …

We report a strongly anisotropic photonic crystal fiber. Twofold rotational symmetry was
introduced into a single-mode fiber structure by creation of a regular array of airholes of two …

Photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) offer greatly enhanced design freedom compared to standard
optical fibres. For example, they allow precise control of the chromatic dispersion (CD) …

Remarkable properties of optical fibers with a high-index core region and a surrounding
silica/air photonic crystal cladding have recently been reported. Here we discuss the …

Pure silica fibres supporting guided modes were first investigated in the 1970's [11, the aim
being to achieve low transmission losses. The huge success of chemical vapour deposition …