Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.121303

Title: Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration

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Photonic band gap (PBG) dielectric fibers with hollow cores are being studied both theoretically and experimentally for use as laser driven accelerator structures. The hollow core functions as both a longitudinal waveguide for the transverse-magnetic (TM) accelerating fields and a channel for the charged particles. The dielectric surrounding the core is permeated by a periodic array of smaller holes to confine the mode, forming a photonic crystal fiber in which modes exist in frequency pass-bands, separated by band gaps. The hollow core acts as a defect which breaks the crystal symmetry, and so-called defect, or trapped modes having frequencies in the band gap will only propagate near the defect. We describe the design of 2-D hollow-core PBG fibers to support TM defect modes with high longitudinal fields and high characteristic impedance. Using as-built dimensions of industrially-made fibers, we perform a simulation analysis of the first prototype PBG fibers specifically designed to support speed-of-light TM modes.

Authors:: Noble, Robert J; Spencer, James E; Kuhlmey, Boris T

Publication Date:: 2011-08-19

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1022492

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-14031
TRN: US1104245

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Submitted to Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Submitted to Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATION; ACCELERATORS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DEFECTS; DESIGN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIMENSIONS; FIBERS; IMPEDANCE; LASERS; SIMULATION; SYMMETRY; WAVEGUIDES; Accelerators,ACCPHY, OPTICS

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                    Noble, Robert J, Spencer, James E, /SLAC, Kuhlmey, Boris T, and /Sydney U. Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.121303.

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                    Noble, Robert J, Spencer, James E, /SLAC, Kuhlmey, Boris T, & /Sydney U. Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.121303

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                    Noble, Robert J, Spencer, James E, /SLAC, Kuhlmey, Boris T, and /Sydney U. Fri .  
        "Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.121303.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1022492.

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@article{osti_1022492,

  title        = {Hollow-Core Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Particle Acceleration},

  author       = {Noble, Robert J and Spencer, James E and /SLAC and Kuhlmey, Boris T and /Sydney U.},

  abstractNote = {Photonic band gap (PBG) dielectric fibers with hollow cores are being studied both theoretically and experimentally for use as laser driven accelerator structures. The hollow core functions as both a longitudinal waveguide for the transverse-magnetic (TM) accelerating fields and a channel for the charged particles. The dielectric surrounding the core is permeated by a periodic array of smaller holes to confine the mode, forming a photonic crystal fiber in which modes exist in frequency pass-bands, separated by band gaps. The hollow core acts as a defect which breaks the crystal symmetry, and so-called defect, or trapped modes having frequencies in the band gap will only propagate near the defect. We describe the design of 2-D hollow-core PBG fibers to support TM defect modes with high longitudinal fields and high characteristic impedance. Using as-built dimensions of industrially-made fibers, we perform a simulation analysis of the first prototype PBG fibers specifically designed to support speed-of-light TM modes.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.121303},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1022492},
  journal      = {Submitted to Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams},
number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2011},

  month        = {8}

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