Doped photonic bandgap fibers for short-wavelength nonlinear devices

Microstructured photonic bandgap fibers with a doped honeycomb cladding structure and the guiding defect defined by the absence of doping are proposed as nonlinear optical fibers for short wavelengths. It is shown that zero-dispersion wavelengths below 500 nm and corresponding effective areas of 1-2 mum(2) can be obtained if structures with interhole distances near 600 nm can be fabricated. The cutoff wavelength for guidance of second-order modes can be controlled by variation of the radius and index contrast of the doped regions. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.