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Fabrication And Characterization Of Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides And Cavities
Published on: November 30, 2012
Excitation of cladding modes in photonic crystal fibers by flexural acoustic waves
A Diez1, T A Birks, W H Reeves
1Optoelectronics Group, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Abstract:
We report the excitation by flexural acoustic waves of an individual cladding mode in a single-mode photonic crystal fiber. The propagation constant and the field distributions of the mode have been investigated by use of this technique. The results give the basis for developing a family of acousto-optic devices based on photonic crystal fibers.
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