Love, JohnDurniak, Celine2015-12-07July 10-130977565718http://hdl.handle.net/1885/18789The conventional leaky mode description of so-called fundamental mode propagation along single-mode holey fibres can be explained physically in terms of a dominant bound mode, guided predominantly by the central core-hole structure, together with a number of lower-amplitude cladding-like bound modes.Keywords: Cladding (coating); Optical fibers; Optical materials; Central core; Fundamental mode propagation; Leaky modes; Optical fibres; Optical-; Single modes; Fibers200610.1109/ACOFT.2006.45192132015-12-07