Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) represent one of the most successful and impactful applications of photonic crystals. These specialized optical fibers incorporate a microstructured arrangement of ...

The study of photonic crystal fibres (PCF ... Efficient visible continuum generation in air-silica microstructure optical fibers with anomalous dispersion at 800 nm. Conference on Lasers and ...

It’s a non-linear optical process that’s usually accomplished with expensive bits of kit, like photonic crystal fibers, which are optical fibers with an array of tiny air-filled holes running ...

Over the past ten years, Crystal Fiber, now part of NKT Photonics, has been busy commercializing photonic crystal fibre. Nadya Anscombe finds out about the evolution of the technology and its ...

At the heart of this technique is the creation of high-power ultrashort light pulses, achieved using photonic crystal fibers ...

This brightness is equivalent to that of existing large-scale lasers, such as CO 2 lasers, solid-state lasers, and fiber lasers ... the higher the achievable brightness. *2 Photonic crystal ...