Photonic crystal fibres

1. Introduction.- 2. Fundamentals of photonic crystal waveguides.- 3. Theory and modelling of microstructured fibres.- 4. Fabrication of photonic crystal fibres.- 5. Properties of high-index core fibres.- 6. Low-index core fibres - the true photonic bandgap approach.- 7. Applications and future perspectives.- Acronyms.- List of variables (including dimensions).