Amezcua-Correa, R.Broderick, N.Petrovich, M.Poletti, F.Richardson, D.Finazzi, V.Monro, T.2008-03-242008-03-2420062006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference : technical digest : March 5-10, 2006, Anaheim, California : OFC/NFOEC 2006 / sponsored by IEEE/ComSoc, Communications Society, IEEE/LEOS, Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Optical Society of America: 3 p.1557528039978-1-55752-803-2http://hdl.handle.net/2440/41259Copyright © 2006 IEEEBy systematically studying feasible silica PBGFs core structures we identify new designs regimes that robustly eliminate the presence of surface modes. New realistic fibers designs with a fundamental mode free of anticrossings at all frequencies within the bandgap are proposed.enConference paper0020076363200803201107460002596026012172-s2.0-3384535636644960