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Science 17 January 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5605, pp. 358 - 362
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079280
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Review

Photonic Crystal Fibers

Philip Russell

Photonic crystal fibers guide light by corralling it within a periodic array of microscopic air holes that run along the entire fiber length. Largely through their ability to overcome the limitations of conventional fiber optics--for example, by permitting low-loss guidance of light in a hollow core--these fibers are proving to have a multitude of important technological and scientific applications spanning many disciplines. The result has been a renaissance of interest in optical fibers and their uses.

Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. E-mail: p.s.j.russell{at}bath.ac.uk

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