Architecture for electromagnetic waveguide
AssigneesUniversite De Limoges, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsFetah Benabid, Frédéric Gerome, Foued Amrani, Jonas Osorio, Frédéric Delahaye
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Abstract
An electromagnetic waveguide, such as an optical fibre, including a hollow central core surrounded by a microstructured sheath formed by an assembly of elementary cells, the microstructured sheath also including at least two elementary cells, at least one intermediate element connecting the elementary cells, the intermediate element having a cross-section with an area less than or equal to 50% of the cross-sectional area of each of the cells that it connects, the intermediate element having a refractive index less than or equal to the refractive index of each of the elementary cells that it connects.
Claims15
An electromagnetic waveguide configured to an inhibited coupling guidance, comprising:
- a hollow central core surrounded by a microstructured sheath formed by an assembly of elementary cells, the assembly of elementary cells comprising a first peripheral ring comprising a first series of elementary cells and a second concentric ring-comprising a second series of elementary cells, the first peripheral ring and the second concentric ring being two distinct zones, at least one intermediate element connecting at least one elementary cell of the first peripheral ring with at least one elementary cell of the second concentric ring, such that the at least one elementary cell of the first peripheral ring and the at least one elementary cell of the second concentric ring are connected by the at least one intermediate element only, the at least one intermediate element having a cross section having an area, wherein the area is less than or equal to 50% of a cross-sectional area of each of the at least two elementary cells that it connects, the at least one intermediate element having a refractive index less than or equal to a refractive index of each of the at least two elementary cells that it connects, the at least one intermediate element having a tubular structure comprising a wall surrounding a central zone.
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