Abstract

A great time for fiber modeling • The microstructure fiber explosion (around 1996) • Exciting new possibilities and rapidly improving performance • Endlessly single-mode fiber Birks, OL 1997 • Supercontinuum applied to frequency combs Diddams, PRL 2000 • Hollow-core fiber within an order-of-magnitude of silica loss Roberts, OE 2005 • Activity pushed modeling to a new level: • Many numerical methods implemented and tested • Smart people thinking about fiber design • Modeling continues to drive new possibilities, and benefits traditional fiber areas.

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