Optical phase response to temperature in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Analysis of previous measurements of thermal phase sensitivity in hollow core photonic crystal fibers is presented with additional new corroborating measurements, resolving a discrepancy in previously reported results. We extend an existing derivation of thermo-mechanical phase sensitivity in solid- and hollow-core photonic crystal fiber to also include kagome lattice photonic crystal fibers. Measured thermal phase response is shown to agree with theoretical prediction to within a few percent.