Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

In almost all areas of daily life the demands on the communications infrastructure increased
dramatically. With regard to the volume of data that has to be transmitted, no matter whether …

In recent years, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have attracted increasing attention. Compared
with traditional optical fibers, PCFs exhibit many unique optical properties and superior …

Over the past few years microstructured fibers have shown potential for many practical
applications and permitted significant progress in various domains such as nonlinear optics …

Based on numerical simulation, we theoretically study the linear and nonlinear properties of
microstructured fiber. Using the fully vectorial effective index method, we calculate the …

The nonlinear effects and laser-induced optical and thermal damage in optical fibers,
together with the limitations of beam quality and mode-field area, restrict the power scaling …

An interference lithography System and method are pro Vided that Substantially eliminate or
reduce disadvantages and problems associated with previous Systems and meth ods. In …

The modal characteristics of silica-based photonic crystal fibres (PCF) are examined through
a scalar modal analysis combined with an effective V-parameter model using a finite …

To a large extent, the¢ eld of PhCs can be thought of as having it origins in the rather
conventional one-dimensional (1D) thin¢ lm stack, wherein a quarter wave thickness of …

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Comm. (ECOC'OI - Amsterdam) Th.AI5 Photonic Crystal Fibres and effective index approaches …