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A 'poor man's approach' to modelling micro-structured optical fibres

Jesper Riishede1, Niels Asger Mortensen2 and Jesper Lægsgaard1

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Based on the scalar Helmholtz equation and the finite-difference approximation, we formulate a matrix eigenvalue problem for the calculation of propagation constants, β(ω), in micro-structured optical fibres. The method is applied to index-guiding fibres as well as to air-core photonic bandgap fibres, and in both cases qualitatively correct results are found. The strength of this approach lies in its very simple numerical implementation and its ability to find eigenmodes at a specific eigenvalue, which is of great interest when modelling defect modes in photonic bandgap fibres.


PACS

42.81.Dp Propagation, scattering, and losses; solitons

02.10.Ud Linear algebra

02.70.Bf Finite-difference methods

42.70.Qs Photonic bandgap materials

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Computational physics

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Dates

Issue 5 (September 2003)

Received 15 May 2003, accepted for publication 14 July 2003

Published 31 July 2003



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