Efficacy of LP-modes' description in the design analysis of hollow optical fiber based components

• Published in: The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003 Vol. 2; pp. 907 - 908 vol.2
• Main Authors: Chaudhuri, P.R., Lu, C.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Electromagnetic propagation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Partial differential equations; Technological innovation

Modal characteristics of hollow optical fibers are investigated using scalar and vectorial solutions. We find that LP-modes' description is accurate enough for analyzing practical components, and to explore new possibilities with this fiber.