Dispersion properties of photonic crystal fibers

Abstract

Abstract The dispersion properties of silica‐based photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are analyzed to obtain: (i) zero dispersion at any wavelength, (ii) nearly zero ultraflattened dispersion, and (iii) a very high negative chromatic dispersion for various designs of PCFs. The influence of normalized air hole size on zero dispersion wavelength is also reported. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 37: 129–132, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10845