%0 Journal Article %1 deSterke:1994 %A de Sterke, Arthur G. Street C. Martijn %D 1994 %J Journal of Applied Physics %K Bragg fiber fibre matrix-method modelling theory %N 2 %P 680 %T Differential losses in Bragg fibers %U http://link.aip.org/link/?JAPIAU/76/680/1 %V 76 %X Most dielectric waveguides depend for guidance on total internal reflection within a region of elevated refractive index. A little-explored alternative to this is Bragg reflection. Here we consider a ``Bragg'' optical fiber in which a cylindrical Bragg grating is used to inhibit radial power flow. We find that such Bragg fibers can be guaranteed to be effectively single-moded, with no polarization degeneracy; the electric field in this fundamental mode is purely azimuthal (transverse electric polarized).

@article{deSterke:1994, abstract = {Most dielectric waveguides depend for guidance on total internal reflection within a region of elevated refractive index. A little-explored alternative to this is Bragg reflection. Here we consider a ``Bragg'' optical fiber in which a cylindrical Bragg grating is used to inhibit radial power flow. We find that such Bragg fibers can be guaranteed to be effectively single-moded, with no polarization degeneracy; the electric field in this fundamental mode is purely azimuthal (transverse electric polarized).}, added-at = {2010-02-01T13:18:35.000+0100}, author = {de Sterke, Arthur G. Street C. Martijn}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/201530bf4b80dd2c79f0c8ebc2dbb2629/krisrowland}, interhash = {0dd9dd8a33d52492fe8882d934b40d40}, intrahash = {01530bf4b80dd2c79f0c8ebc2dbb2629}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics}, keywords = {Bragg fiber fibre matrix-method modelling theory}, number = 2, pages = 680, timestamp = {2010-02-01T13:18:35.000+0100}, title = {Differential losses in Bragg fibers}, url = {http://link.aip.org/link/?JAPIAU/76/680/1}, volume = 76, year = 1994 }