On guided waves created by line defects (Q2482275)

Guided waves in photonic crystal fibers are studied. Here a photonic crystal is treated as though it is a perfect two-dimensional photonic crystal with a line defect in the axial direction. By assuming that the background spectrum has gaps, a simple condition is found on the parameters of the medium and on the line defect, that ensures the rise of the eigenvalues in a specified subinterval of the given gap of the photonic crystal fibre.