The advent of optical fibres based on air holes running along their entirety opens up new
directions in addressing various properties relevant to sensing, including the …

Grating writing in structured optical fibres and their properties and applications are reviewed.
To date, most gratings have been written in a straightforward manner into structured fibres …

This paper carries out a rigorous analysis of supercontinuum generation in an improved
highly asymmetric microstructured fiber (MF) design. This geometry, defined simply as D-MF …

This paper proposes a new design methodology for discrete multi-pumped Raman amplifier.
In a multi-objective optimization scenario, in a first step the whole solution-space is …

In this paper we discuss the use of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) as discrete devices for
simultaneous wideband dispersion compensation and Raman amplification. The …

Fiber Raman amplifiers are investigated with the purpose of identifying new applications
and limitations for their use in optical communication systems. Three main topics are …

In this study, a detailed numerical investigation is presented, seeking to enhance the
birefringence effect by using D-shaped microstructured optical fibers (MOFs). We studied a …

The design and performance of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) for simultaneous
dispersion compensation and Raman amplification is numerically investigated. We studied a …

This paper analyses the use of an existing, low loss, photonic crystal fiber for Raman
amplification over the wide low-loss window of silica fibers. We show that the low attenuation …

A structured optical fiber (also called Fresnel fiber, Bragg fiber, photonic crystal fiber,
photonic bandgap fiber, air-clad fiber, holey fiber, hole-assisted fiber, microstructured fiber …