IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRES

St. John Russell, Philip (Inventor), Adam Birks, Timothy (Inventor), Cave Knight, Jonathan (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A photonic crystal fibre comprising a bulk material having an arrangement of longitudinal holes (130, 140) and a guiding core (135), wherein the fibre has at-most-two-fold rotational symmetry about a longitudinal axis and as a result of that lack of symmetry, the fibre is birefringent.

Original languageEnglish
Patent numberWO0049436
IPCC03B37/012,C03B37/027,C03B37/028,C03B37/075,G02B6/02,G02B6/10,G02B6/122,G02B6/255,G02B6/28
Priority date19/02/99
Publication statusPublished - 24 Aug 2000

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