Donor and acceptor guided modes in photonic crystal fibers
- 15 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 25 (18) , 1328-1330
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.001328
Abstract
We present a triangular photonic-crystal-fiber structure that exhibits guided modes simultaneously above and below the first conduction band. We achieve this configuration by decreasing the size of one of the airholes (the defect) in a specific triangular lattice. More generally, we analyze the behavior of guided modes that depends on the size of the defect. Defects generated by decreasing or increasing the size of one of the holes produce donor or acceptor guided modes, respectively, in analogy with impurity levels in solid-state crystals. We conclude that the guiding mechanism for both donor and acceptor modes is produced by a unique phenomenon of multiple interference by a periodic structure.Keywords
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